Two temp files which can't be deleted

[DaffyD®]

~DF70c8.tmp and ~DF8059.tmp both reside in my Temp folder in Docs and
Settings | Administrators. I can't delete these files and there are no
programs to open them with. . I get the error message when trying to open
with Word Pad that the tiles are in use by another application and cannot be
accessed. How to I find out what program is creating these files?

 

[Buffalo]

~DF70c8.tmp and ~DF8059.tmp both reside in my Temp folder in Docs and
Settings | Administrators. I can't delete these files and there are
no programs to open them with. . I get the error message when trying
to open with Word Pad that the tiles are in use by another
application and cannot be accessed. How to I find out what program is
creating these files?

Put df .tmp files in the search box of a search engine, such as Google.
You should be able to find your answer.
Buffalo

 

[DaffyD®]

I've tried that. I get links to other people's Hijack This! logs but nothing
I can use.

 

[Greg Russell]

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~DF70c8.tmp and ~DF8059.tmp both reside in my Temp folder in Docs and
Settings | Administrators. I can't delete these files and there are
no programs to open them with. . I get the error message when trying
to open with Word Pad that the tiles are in use by another
application and cannot be accessed. How to I find out what program is
creating these files?

Using the "Process Explorer" from http://sysinternals.com one can:

Find -> Find Handle. Enter ~df in the text field and then press "Search".
The process that opened each of the files will be identified to you very
clearly.

 

[DaffyD®]

Per Filemon, it looks like the files are being created by explorer.exe. I
don't really understand what I'm seeing here.

 

[John John - MVP]

There are different ways that you can try to delete the files.

1- Try in Safe-Mode.

2- Use the Task Manager and kill Explorer.exe and its whole process
tree. Then, from the Task Manager, start a command prompt session and
use the DEL command to delete the files. Then restart Expolrer.exe with
the Task Manager.

3- Try third party tools like Cedrick Collomb's Unlocker.

John

 

[DaffyD®]

I don't totally understand what I'm seeing but thank you for turning me on
to this software.

 

[Buffalo]

I've tried that. I get links to other people's Hijack This! logs but
nothing I can use.

Fair enough.
Here is one link if you use MS AntiSpyware:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=188108
BTW, VirtualDr.com is an excellent help group.
Google gives many links and I can't find the other one that I thought was
really relevent, sorry.
If you don't get the solution here, try the VirtualDr forum. It is really
good.
Buffalo

 

[DaffyD®]

Unlocker worked--Thanks!

There are different ways that you can try to delete the files.

1- Try in Safe-Mode.

2- Use the Task Manager and kill Explorer.exe and its whole process
tree. Then, from the Task Manager, start a command prompt session and
use the DEL command to delete the files. Then restart Expolrer.exe with
the Task Manager.

3- Try third party tools like Cedrick Collomb's Unlocker.

John

 

[DaffyD®]

Great website--Thanks!

Fair enough.
Here is one link if you use MS AntiSpyware:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=188108
BTW, VirtualDr.com is an excellent help group.
Google gives many links and I can't find the other one that I thought was
really relevent, sorry.
If you don't get the solution here, try the VirtualDr forum. It is really
good.
Buffalo

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome.

John

Unlocker worked--Thanks!