clip board files

[DAN COLODNEY]

i inadvertantly found hundreds of files in a folder called "clipboard".
many of
these look like this: C:\Documents and Settings\Ownere\.jpg_cache\file\1.0
or Clipboard.class-30f99ff8.class
or RegistryKey.class or Application.class or DataFormats.class or
sendKeys.class
and much more ... most seem to end in .class. few can be opened except
those that
are pictures. if i right click on any of them and then click on "open
containing
folder" i get hundreds more files.

what are these, do i need them, can/should i delete them.

thanks, dan

 

[Guest]

are you using a graghics program? if so this folder would
have a lot of files in it, anytime you copy something or
screen print something it would save in your clipboard.I
would delete the registry or class files because other
programs may be using the clipboard

 

[DAN COLODNEY]

no, no graphics file. is it safe to delete them all? what are clipboard
files used for .. do i need them ... do i want them ... ?

 

[Rob Schneider]

Many times there is nothing wrong with mysterious files. They are just
something that we currently don't know about. They are not necessarily
hackers, viruses, or worms. Don't get overly worried.

What I do with "mysterious" file which I *believe* and *conclude* are
simply old temp files I do a few things:

1. run the windows cleanup utility ... will clean up files Windows know
to be old temp files that can be removed
2. rename the files and folders by prefixing the words "maybe_junk_" to
the front of the folder and/or files. Then after a few months, when
nothing has shown to have been broke, I delete the files into the
recycle bin and forget about them.

 

[DAN COLODNEY]

thanks for the info ... i knew they weren't problematic but wondered if
perhaps they were taking up memory i could better use elsewhere. i'll try
your "rename and move" tip.

thanks again, dan

 

[Rob Schneider]

"memory" is not "disk space" ... and unless your hard disk is getting
low on space (unlikely) ... don't over-worry this. Regarding "memory"
.... this is fully managed by XP automatically for you and it tries to
use all memory all the time.