Deleting Temp files under XP Pro 5.1 sp2

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Hi, I have XP pro on my Acer travelmate 8200 laptop. My c drive is filling up
with 47 gig of files in the directory C:\windows\temp\
The names are of the format:
ACRFF58.tmp
ACRFE48.tmp etc, etc.

I deleted them all yesterday and cleared the recycle bin which freed up the
space, however today there is about 47 gig of data in there again.I am
running Semantic Antivirus, and hope this is protecting me from viruses...

Does anyone know what is causing these files to be created ?
Is there a simple solution to stopping this happening?

Thanks.
 
Sounds like a file created by Adobe Acrobat. Perhaps an upgrade to the
latest version would solve your problem ??

HTH

MD
 
AD said:
Hi, I have XP pro on my Acer travelmate 8200 laptop. My c drive is filling up
with 47 gig of files in the directory C:\windows\temp\
The names are of the format:
ACRFF58.tmp
ACRFE48.tmp etc, etc.

I deleted them all yesterday and cleared the recycle bin which freed up the
space, however today there is about 47 gig of data in there again.I am
running Semantic Antivirus, and hope this is protecting me from viruses...

Does anyone know what is causing these files to be created ?
Is there a simple solution to stopping this happening?

Thanks.
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The names of the temporary files (ACR*.tmp) suggests that they are
created by Adobe Acrobat Reader. Your Adobe Acrobat Reader program
could be malfunctioning. My suggestion is not a solution, but it could
be a starting point.
Regards, witan
 
AD said:
Hi, I have XP pro on my Acer travelmate 8200 laptop. My c drive is filling
up
with 47 gig of files in the directory C:\windows\temp\
The names are of the format:
ACRFF58.tmp
ACRFE48.tmp etc, etc.

I deleted them all yesterday and cleared the recycle bin which freed up
the
space, however today there is about 47 gig of data in there again.I am
running Semantic Antivirus, and hope this is protecting me from viruses...

Does anyone know what is causing these files to be created ?
Is there a simple solution to stopping this happening?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

I would uninstall Acrobat or Adobe Reader and reinstall from the Adobe Web
site.
 
Hi ... Try turning system restore off and then delete your temp files follow by the recycling bin , then reboot and see if you are still seeing them files ...
Hi, I have XP pro on my Acer travelmate 8200 laptop. My c drive is filling up
with 47 gig of files in the directory C:\windows\temp\
The names are of the format:
ACRFF58.tmp
ACRFE48.tmp etc, etc.

I deleted them all yesterday and cleared the recycle bin which freed up the
space, however today there is about 47 gig of data in there again.I am
running Semantic Antivirus, and hope this is protecting me from viruses...

Does anyone know what is causing these files to be created ?
Is there a simple solution to stopping this happening?

Thanks.
 
Hi,

THis worked thanks very much - I uninstalled Acrobat, then downloaded a
later version and installed it and it worked.
btw there are facts on this known issue at the Acrobat website.

Thanks again to you all for your help!

Cheers
AD
 
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