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tmp file - delete?
Name: thewolfe Date: November 25, 2005 at 06:28:03 Pacific OS: Win98 CPU/Ram: Pent11/256
Comment:
tmp file - delete?
I was helping a friend cleanup his comp so I ck'd the "Temp" folder under "Windows" and it was full along w/ this kind of file "fffe1dc9_{C7801960-E0AF-11D9-815A-0040F48365C3}.tmp".
I also found that same kind of file in his "Windows" folder but didn't know if it was OK to delete them.
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