What are these files?

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What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...

Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat

There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and vary by the park
of the name "6C0" as in the example.

TIA
Wayne
 
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| >What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
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| > Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
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| >There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and
| vary by the park
| >of the name "6C0" as in the example.
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| >TIA
| >Wayne
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Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the question directly is a
waste of your time and everyone else's.
I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way that you did, via
Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and was hoping for an
answer here on this N.G.
Rob.
 
Rob;

Scroll down past the ads to view the response.
You don't have to sign up for anything.
 
This was what I was directing the user to. As I'm just
wasting everybody's time by responding, in the future, I
shall not respond at all. Hope you're all happy now. One
less NG poster. PS www.google.com - answers most
questions anyway.



From www.jsifaq.com

3343 » What are the %SystemRoot%\System32
\Perflib_Perfdataxxx.dat files?

The %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdataxxx.dat files
are created by the System Monitor. When you shutdown
normally, the file should be deleted.

If you have an abormal shutdown, these files can become
orphaned, and accumulate on your computer.

Under some yet to be determined circumstances, these
files can become orphaned during normal operation.

The best way to remove these files is to add a command in
a logon script:

del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat






Comment from st_steve
Date: 09/05/2002 02:05PM PDT
Comment


What program creates them? WINDOWS (apparently stands
for "Will Install Needless Data On Whole System"). I mean
think about it, System Monitor/Performance Monitor on a
home edition of Windows XP? Come on Uncle Bill, you gotta
be kidding, right?

Not sure about Windows XP but you can access the System
Monitor interface by issuing "perfmon" in Windows 2000.


Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/05/2002 05:50PM PDT
Author Comment


....this is my third attempt to post a comment.

While I appreciate the comments very much, I was hoping
someone could tell me specifically what service/program
creates these files in the specific location namely
C:\windows\temp after I power down and reboot or so it
seems now, and how I can stop the creation of these
files. I opened one of the files in word and all that was
there was a lot empty small squares. Row and rows of
squares???

Comment from pjknibbs
Date: 09/05/2002 10:58PM PDT
Comment


st_steve: You could get a simplified System Monitor on
Win9x, so why not on XP Home Edition?

Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/06/2002 10:38AM PDT
Author Comment


I ran perfmon from the Run command and searched it and
find no reference to these files as nothing has been
setup in the console. It isn't in startup and to my
knowledge it had never been opened until your post
st__steve, I have disabled all startup items from
msconfig and the files were still created on startup the
files only dated back to 8-7-02 so I must have installed
a windows component or update that started this some time
around that date. I still don't know why these files are
created or what service/program creates them. It seems
there is not much interest in helping figure this out so
I will go ahead and award you both the points if I don't
get the answer by later today. Thanks for your interest.

Bobby

Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/06/2002 10:41AM PDT
Author Comment


I removed Management and Monitoring Tools from windows
components through the Control Panel and the files were
deleted on reboot and none were created. Thanks for the
interest.

I'll create another question to award points to st__steve
and accept sburck comment as an answer.

Comment from Spaghetti_Junction
Date: 12/02/2003 02:09PM PST
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This is not a valid logon script:

del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat

I've tried it and it doesn't work.

I hate these perflib files - I'm sure they keep changing
my homepage and starting pop up everytime I connect to
the internet.

Comment from pueo
Date: 12/31/2003 12:10PM PST
Comment


Here are my observations regarding the perflib_perfdata
files. I never saw these files on my computer until I
installed a new DVD-CD RW drive and the Nero burning
software that came along with it. They (the files)
appeared thereafter and I too went through all of the
gyrations listed in the thread regarding the attempts at
deletion.

BTW, the files are usually located in the documents and
setttings\username (you)\local settings\temp folder.
That is probably why the login script, del /q %SystemRoot%
\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat, doesn't work. The path
is wrong. Anyhow, they will always be recreated by the
program that they are associated with. I knew that the
file creation had to be somehow related to the Nero
software so I began to look there. Along with the
burning software came a program called InCD which
supposedly lets one copy and write files to a CD-R or CD-
RW disk as if it were a regular drive on your system. I
suspected this first and removed the program. Voila!
After the removal of InCD there were no more Perf files
being created on my drive and I could delete the existing
one

So, many of the causes that relate to the creation of
these files may not be of malicious origin. Some
legitimate program may be doing it and you will have to
find out whcih one it is and whether you really need it
or not.

Pueo
 
Thanks Wes, at least someone was smart enough to scroll
down past the ads. I assumed that the person/Rob would be
of enough intelligence to scroll past the ads but I guess
I was so wrong.

Obviously I'm not wanted on this NG. Many answers are
found via google - is that a sin??? I only wanted to help.
 
Anon - Retired;

I use Experts Exchange all the time. I never look at the ads.
:o)

If you want to stick around, and I think you should,
you're gonna have to put up with a certain amount of crap.

And a lot of the time nobody even says thank you.

Just ignore the crap. IMHO I think even a negative response is
better than no response.

Let's win one for the Gipper! :o)
 
Okay, but I'll post under my correct name in future -
just use anon during the day when I have to use the CDO
rather than Outlook Express. Just having a bad day I
guess.
 
This was what I was directing the user to. As I'm just
wasting everybody's time by responding, in the future, I
shall not respond at all. Hope you're all happy now. One
less NG poster. PS www.google.com - answers most
questions anyway.

Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the question directly is a
waste of your time and everyone else's.
I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way that you did, via
Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and was hoping for an
answer here on this N.G.
Rob.
Click to expand...

<snipped>

Hi "Anon - retired",
Please accept an appology as I appear to struck a raw nerve.

As this N.G. is susposedly for "new users" and is offered from the "Help
and Support" area, I expect answers to posters questions to offer in enough
detail / in plain language / little as possible technical speech, and to
assist the ' The first computer Buyer' in clear terms if possible.
We all start at bedrock level at sometime, and I felt the O.P. got a
trite answer from you, that wasted his (Wayne's) time, and others reading
the post to increase their knowledge.
As he hasn't responded, we don't know, do we?

As for the so called "Expert's" site, I know NOW that the answer is
way, way, down the page.
But under the posted question there are TWO places to sign up so as to
'receive' the wanted answer. Just there, highlighted, no pointing to the
bottom for the free answer ?
What you get for signing up I dont know, and really dont want to find out,
as I get enough spam.

That the answer is buried below all that type, is a con act in my
opinion, and not a free site, but a rigged site to trap the inexperienced
user, and the spammers dont need any help from well meaning people.
The correct response was the 'cut & paste', which was what you intended
to achieve in the first place, and as a basic p.c. user myself, is factual,
but 'tech heavy' for a "new user", but so be it.

As for your comment re Google, their are many people who do not know how
to use a search engine for best use, and I often wonder at the patience
shown by the M.V.P's and Super Users like our Norm, God Bless him, and I
know that every time we post, we can expect to be flamed or plain ignorned
or nit picked just for trying to help out folks in dire need of an answer.

Rob.
 
Rob;

I've been flamed for copying and pasting instead of including
a link to whatever I had copied and pasted.

You can't please everybody. :o)

[[As he hasn't responded, we don't know, do we?]]
Unfortunately a lot of CDO users never find their way
back to see any answers. I am amazed by the number
of users that *do* find their way back. I have my OE rules
set to show (e-mail address removed) posts
in red and for a long time I ignored those posts. Than I thought
that wasn't fair, obviously those posters need help.

As far as the Expert's Exchange site, I happen to know
that some very savvy users have made the same mistake you did.
:o)

IMO if a poster does not understand an answer, providing they
can find their way back, the majority of posters here are more than
happy to try to explain further.

Speaking of wasted time..........
What bothers me is that when I spend some time trying to put together
an answer and:
a. The Original Poster never sees any of the posts.
b. The Original Poster sees the answer and never posts a reply.

I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it, but what do those posters
end up doing? Shell out $$$$$ at their local computer shops?

I would rather spend the time after I know the OP can find their way back.

I would rather be flamed or nit picked, it's better than being ignored.

Keep having fun!
 
G'Day Norm,
All ok mate,thanks for the words in reply.
Rob.
| What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
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| Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
|
| There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and vary by the park
| of the name "6C0" as in the example.
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| TIA
| Wayne
 
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