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Name: Sp3cial
Date: November 23, 2005 at 11:09:36 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: 1.4GHz, 256MB RAM
Comment:

I was doing some "Spring Cleaning" (deleting my downloads, stupid files I don't need, VIRC scripts that don't work) and I found the file Flashplayer.xpt in C:\. I opened it in notepad, like all the other 'suss' files and this is what it contained;

XPCOM
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ÔXþœQŒÖ„Ë ›ÂW 8 OnsISupports FlashIObject   /€`’   €evaluate FlashIScriptablePlugin   ¦`
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 `   €  %€€€€  1€€‘  ;€‘€  F€‘€‘  Q€‘`  _€‘`‘  m€‘  s€‘  }€‘€‘  ‰€‘`‘  •€‘€€‘  ¢€‘€`‘  ¯€‘€`  Ä€‘€‘  Ï€‘€  Ú€’ €  €IsPlaying Play StopPlay TotalFrames CurrentFrame GotoFrame Rewind Back Forward Pan PercentLoaded FrameLoaded FlashVersion Zoom SetZoomRect LoadMovie TGotoFrame TGotoLabel TCurrentFrame TCurrentLabel TPlay TStopPlay SetVariable GetVariable TSetProperty TGetProperty TGetPropertyAsNumber TCallLabel TCallFrame SetWindow

Is this file safe to delete? it just looks stupid being the only file in C:\, alone with all the folders.

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AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB RAM
120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus/60GB stock HDD
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700LE 256MB
16x DVD-ROM
42x CD-RW
16x External DVD RW



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Response Number 1
Name: Sp3cial
Date: November 23, 2005 at 11:12:05 Pacific
Reply:

aww hell. It seems my topic, "C:\Flashplayer.xpt - is it safe to delete" was too long.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB RAM
120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus/60GB stock HDD
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700LE 256MB
16x DVD-ROM
42x CD-RW
16x External DVD RW


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Response Number 2
Name: Windows 2000 Expert
Date: November 23, 2005 at 18:17:46 Pacific
Reply:

YES. This looks like a Macromedia Flash Player plugin, which was probably installed by Flash Player, but not deleted. However, don't delete the file. Move it to the Recycle Bin and attempt to restart Windows. If Windows runs fine, then you can permanently delete the file. If Windows or one of your programs gives you an error message, restore the file.

When you have computer issues, Windows 2000 Expert will provide the answer to anything!


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Response Number 3
Name: Sp3cial
Date: November 24, 2005 at 01:24:20 Pacific
Reply:

sorry for the late reply, FireFox crashed and I lost the URL for this post.

I'll get to that straight away =)

AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB RAM
120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus/60GB stock HDD
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700LE 256MB
16x DVD-ROM
42x CD-RW
16x External DVD RW


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