Why wlf.ini folder being created?

[Guest]

For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a wlf.ini folder
created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a "configuration setting"
but for what? It never used to happen. I've got hundreds of them now!

Thanks for your help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Beats me.

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_ computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your ideas, Wes and Ramesh. To answer your questions:

The user has XP Home, not Pro, so I can't run the XP Audit. I'll give
FileMon a try.

The user has Word 2002. These wlf.ini files only started appearing in the
past 6 months, never before that. I'm only guessing that Word is the culprit,
because the files only appear in folders where Word documents are stored.

I will run the cmd you suggested -- not 'til this weekend. I'll let you
know.

Jan

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_ computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a wlf.ini
folder created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a "configuration
setting" but for what? It never used to happen. I've got hundreds of
them now!

Thanks for your help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Jan, I have MS Word 2002 and have none of those files.

I would suspect some 3rd party Word add-in or some sort of malware.

How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalledContent.htm

WD2002 How to Identify COM Add-ins in Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319719

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for your ideas, Wes and Ramesh. To answer your questions:

The user has XP Home, not Pro, so I can't run the XP Audit. I'll give
FileMon a try.

The user has Word 2002. These wlf.ini files only started appearing in the
past 6 months, never before that. I'm only guessing that Word is the
culprit, because the files only appear in folders where Word documents
are stored.

I will run the cmd you suggested -- not 'til this weekend. I'll let you
know.

Jan

Beats me.

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_
computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is
registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to
know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O
operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!


:

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a wlf.ini
folder created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a
"configuration setting" but for what? It never used to happen. I've
got hundreds of them now!

Thanks for your help

 

[Guest]

I had a chance to try your many suggestions. Regarding running
cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s
I got the message: "the system was unable to find the specified registry key
or value."

On checking out Word additions, I f \ound none. There was Web Page Wizard in
the COM list, but it wasn't checked.

I found the application WLFSYNC.exe in the prefetch folder. It apears to be
a Microsoft® CoReXT application. Could this be what is generating the WLF.ini
files? I can't figure out what the application does. The Web file description
says "Windows Live Favorits synchronization COM server object."

Please let me know if you find out that this is what is creating the ini
files, and can it be stopped.
Thanks, Jan

Jan, I have MS Word 2002 and have none of those files.

I would suspect some 3rd party Word add-in or some sort of malware.

How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalledContent.htm

WD2002 How to Identify COM Add-ins in Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319719

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for your ideas, Wes and Ramesh. To answer your questions:

The user has XP Home, not Pro, so I can't run the XP Audit. I'll give
FileMon a try.

The user has Word 2002. These wlf.ini files only started appearing in the
past 6 months, never before that. I'm only guessing that Word is the
culprit, because the files only appear in folders where Word documents
are stored.

I will run the cmd you suggested -- not 'til this weekend. I'll let you
know.

Jan

Beats me.

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_
computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is
registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to
know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O
operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!


:

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a wlf.ini
folder created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a
"configuration setting" but for what? It never used to happen. I've
got hundreds of them now!

Thanks for your help

 

[Guest]

Jan, I have MS Word 2002 and have none of those files.

I would suspect some 3rd party Word add-in or some sort of malware.

How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalledContent.htm

WD2002 How to Identify COM Add-ins in Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319719

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for your ideas, Wes and Ramesh. To answer your questions:

The user has XP Home, not Pro, so I can't run the XP Audit. I'll give
FileMon a try.

The user has Word 2002. These wlf.ini files only started appearing in the
past 6 months, never before that. I'm only guessing that Word is the
culprit, because the files only appear in folders where Word documents
are stored.

I will run the cmd you suggested -- not 'til this weekend. I'll let you
know.

Jan

Beats me.

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_
computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is
registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to
know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O
operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match any
documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!


:

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a wlf.ini
folder created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a
"configuration setting" but for what? It never used to happen. I've
got hundreds of them now!

Thanks for your help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I got the message: "the system was unable to find the specified registry

key or value."

Then {09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} does not exist in the registry.

If WLFSYNC.exe-#####.pf is only in the prefetch folder and no where else on
your machine, all it means is that WLFSYNC.exe ran at least once. That is a
..pf file not an .exe file.

Possibly here C:\Program Files\Windows Live Favorites\wlfsync.exe

wlfsync.exe is Windows Live Favorites something to do with a Live Toolbar.
Also probably the CLSID that couldn't be found in your registry.

All I know about Windows Live is that I want nothing to do with any of it.

Windows Live Favorites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Favorites

Windows Live Favorites
http://get.live.com/favorites/overview

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I had a chance to try your many suggestions. Regarding running
cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s
I got the message: "the system was unable to find the specified registry
key or value."

On checking out Word additions, I f \ound none. There was Web Page Wizard
in the COM list, but it wasn't checked.

I found the application WLFSYNC.exe in the prefetch folder. It apears to
be
a Microsoft® CoReXT application. Could this be what is generating the
WLF.ini files? I can't figure out what the application does. The Web file
description says "Windows Live Favorits synchronization COM server
object."

Please let me know if you find out that this is what is creating the ini
files, and can it be stopped.
Thanks, Jan

Jan, I have MS Word 2002 and have none of those files.

I would suspect some 3rd party Word add-in or some sort of malware.

How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalledContent.htm

WD2002 How to Identify COM Add-ins in Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319719

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Thanks for your ideas, Wes and Ramesh. To answer your questions:

The user has XP Home, not Pro, so I can't run the XP Audit. I'll give
FileMon a try.

The user has Word 2002. These wlf.ini files only started appearing in
the past 6 months, never before that. I'm only guessing that Word is the
culprit, because the files only appear in folders where Word documents
are stored.

I will run the cmd you suggested -- not 'til this weekend. I'll let you
know.

Jan


:

Beats me.

Same here, Wes. Perhaps running the following command in the _subject_
computer would reveal a module name (assuming that the GUID is
registered)?

@JJJan:

Click Start, Run and type:

cmd /k reg query HKCR\CLSID\{09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931} /s

Copy the output and paste it along with your reply.

If that does not help, you may run a file audit (for XP Pro only) to
know which application is writing to this file WLF.INI.

How to audit user access of files, folders, and printers in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399


Alternately, you can use FileMon to track realtime file system I/O
operations.

FileMon for Windows v7.04:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Are you using Word 2007, 12?

A Google search turns up nothing.

Your search - "09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931" - did not match
any documents.

Your search - 4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b - did not match any
documents.

Beats me.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Here are the contents of two wlf.ini files:

#1: [WLF]
GUID=09052cc0-239b-4cc2-8cde-7ec488cae931

#2: [WLF]
GUID=4b1567d3-80cc-4361-8e25-d9a9a8e20a8b

I appreciate your help. These files are growing daily!


:

Open them with Notepad and see what's in them.

No wlf.ini files listed here...
Description of how Word creates temporary files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In JJJan <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
For the last month, every time I open a Word document, I get a
wlf.ini folder created in the same directory. Why? It says it's a
"configuration setting" but for what? It never used to happen. I've
got hundreds of them now!

Thanks for your help