lots of *.tmp files in my windows folder..help

[Worldsci]

Hi, recently my windows foler fills up with a bunch of temp (i.e. fff92d53_{BD9018E1-9A56-11D5-9C2F-C04567C10000}.tmp) files, what's going on here?
Also my windows folder is about 297MB in size and I dont' think this is normal (it should usually be around 80 -120 MB), any clue anyone?

thanks

[DANIMAL]

highlight all your *.tmp files and delete them.
will be no harm to your system.

[AlienDyne]

Agreed! Delete all .tmp files. They are useless.
Also check the c:\windows\temp folder and delete everything found there.

[MacGyver]

Ahem! TMP files are NOT useless! Most of them are, but some are actually parts of software installs. When you run an install of software, some of the files cannot be copied to where they're supposed to be because the targets are in use. So to get these files updated, they must be copied to their proper spots before Windows starts. This is done with the wininit.ini file where the information is stored, and the wininit.exe file which interprets instructions in the wininit.ini file before Windows starts. Ever see that message before Windows starts loading that says that Windows is updating files? Well that is Wininit.exe doing it's thing.

The contents of the wininit.ini file might look something like this:

[copy]
c:\temp\AASDF78D.TMP = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE

User.exe is a core component of Windows and cannot be modified while Windows is running. This gets around that.

So what's the point? Well, if you just installed a piece of software and then proceed to wipe out the temp directory, you might end up with a corrupted install. This is especially a problem with people who don't reboot their computer on a regular basis. If you want to clean out the temp directory, please reboot first!

[Dante]

Some programs like sound editors and Photoshop create enormous tmp files. I think from five tmp Photoshop files it consumed almost 3MB. Installing new software could also add to the total.

[Worldsci]

Hi,
those *.tmp files keeps regenerating when ever I log into the internet and shouldn't it be in the Temp folder? I never have this problem before and o my swap file "Win386" is very large at about 230 MB, it there's any way i can lower it back to "normal"? because I know it shouldn't be that large and it slows my system boot up after windows starts to load startup apps.

thanks

[scottstamp851]

do you currently have "BullGuard" installed? it updates like 200 times a week these turn into tmp files uninstall bullguard and delete the tmp files .

Hope this helps.

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers scottstamp851 and thanks for the tip!

[scottstamp851]

Welcome to Windrivers scottstamp851 and thanks for the tip!

Thanks!

[cgonzo]

Those tmp files can also be created if you have MDM running. MDM is short for Machine Debug Manager and sometimes gets installed with Microsoft Office 2000. You can disable MDM with MSConfig.
Also this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221438 may help. It suggests turning off script debugging if you have an old version of IE.