JETxxxx.temp

[Guest]

There is a file, JETxxxx.temp, in my Windows Temp folder. The file is empty.
The xxxx numbers and letters change and the file rebuilds every time I reboot
the computer. It has only appeared within the last week or so. I can't delete
it. If I try I get "The file is in use...". It is not visible in safe mode in
either User or Administrator. I've tried searching the newsgroup's, Google
and Yahoo. I can't find any information on it.

Can anyone tell me what it is and why it has begun appearing? Can I delete
it or stop it from appearing?

This is not a real problem. I'm just curious.

Thanks,
Milt

 

[Claymore]

There is a file, JETxxxx.temp, in my Windows Temp folder. The file is empty.
The xxxx numbers and letters change and the file rebuilds every time I reboot
the computer. It has only appeared within the last week or so. I can't delete
it. If I try I get "The file is in use...". It is not visible in safe mode in
either User or Administrator. I've tried searching the newsgroup's, Google
and Yahoo. I can't find any information on it.

Can anyone tell me what it is and why it has begun appearing? Can I delete
it or stop it from appearing?

This is not a real problem. I'm just curious.

Thanks,
Milt

Hello Milt,

This from a Microsoft article:

"A failed Internet synchronization also leaves temporary files with
names that are in the format Jet<xxx>.tmp on the server."

Check your startup items. Something is trying to connect and
synchronize off the web, either a program, an offline file, an active
desktop item, or something. If you check the date and time of the file
in its Properties, it may coincide with your startup time.
You don't get it in safe mode because either (probably) the program
doesn't start, or there is no internet connection in Safe Mode.

 

[glee]

To somewhat echo what Claymore has responded with, I sometimes get these same
Jetxxxx.tmp files from my Avast Anti-Virus updater module when the computer is not
connected to the Internet and the updater tries to update the virus definitions at
system startup.

AFAIK, the file remains "in use" until the updater is successful in getting online
to check for updates, after which the file should automatically delete.

 

[Guest]

Claymore,

Thanks for the info. I get a new JETxxxx.temp file every time I log on. I'll
check the startup items tomorrow.

Milt