hpothb07 image and DAT files

[Wendy R]

After copying a lot of files onto CD's I noticed many "hpothb07" image files
and "hpothb07" DAT files showing up in My Documents as well as in My
Pictures. For all I know they may be in other places as well. Just want to
check to make sure that I won't cause any problems by deleting them because
when I go to open the DAT files I get the warning "These files are used by
the operating system and by various programs. Editing or modifying them
could damage your system."

I have no idea why they have appeared in the places that they have. Are they
duplicates of some system files or are they files that have somehow been
moved from another location? Is it safe to delete them without causing
problems now or down the road?

Thanks!
Wendy

 

[Malke]

After copying a lot of files onto CD's I noticed many "hpothb07" image
files and "hpothb07" DAT files showing up in My Documents as well as
in My Pictures. For all I know they may be in other places as well.
Just want to check to make sure that I won't cause any problems by
deleting them because when I go to open the DAT files I get the
warning "These files are used by the operating system and by various
programs. Editing or modifying them could damage your system."

I have no idea why they have appeared in the places that they have.
Are they duplicates of some system files or are they files that have
somehow been moved from another location? Is it safe to delete them
without causing problems now or down the road?

I have seen these files on clients' machines and believe they come from
HP's lousy printer software. I don't know why they get scattered all
over the hard drive, but I usually delete them from places like My
Documents and My Pictures. I would leave them in any system folders. I
haven't found them to be harmful or any problem with printing after
getting rid of them from My Docs and My Pictures.

Malke