Hi Mike

Yup, "Disable script debugging" is checked on IE's Internet Options/Advanced
tab.

Since I rarely receive PowerPoint files, I uninstalled the PowerPoint Viewer
yesterday via Add/Remove but it made absolutely no difference--I'm still
getting two new fff files with every boot. So if the PPV is the culprit
it's made some change that doesn't revert! Am I stuck with this?
Certainly can't restore to January 18th :-b

carol



"Mike M" wrote in message
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Carol,

Have you tried disabling script debugging as I suggested?

Should I maybe uninstall the PPV and see if
the fff's go away?

That rather depends on which is the more inconvenient, not being able to
view PowerPoint files or having to occasionally delete the unwanted fff
tmp files. A decision only you can make. vbg.
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

Hi Mike

Thanks for responding :-) . . . but as I said I just don't have
Mdm.exe anywhere--not in the task manager, not on the startup tab of
msconfig, not in the registry, not in the startup folder, not on any
of my three hard drives. Two full searches have come up empty and I
do have all hidden files visible (because I like to delete the old
bloated Thumbs.db's whenever I prune the contents of image folders).
"Show hidden files and folders" is ticked and "Hide protected
operating system files" is unchecked. I've never installed Office
2000--only have Word 97 and Works 4.0.3.458. I don't have
VisualStudio whatever that is--but . . . I do have the PowerPoint
Viewer version 11.0.5703.0 and four new fff files in my Windows
folder with today's date on them (powered up twice).

Of the hundreds of fff files I've removed from the Windows folder (but
haven't permanently deleted) two are dated a few minutes after I
installed the PPViewer on January 18. All of the others began
appearing April 19 and are continuing to be created even today (I did
receive a PowerPoint presentation as an attachment from a relative on
April 7th--don't know when I viewed it though). But I do not have
the Mdm.exe program anywhere on my computer, honest!--unless it's
part of PPTVIEW.EXE? Should I maybe uninstall the PPV and see if
the fff's go away? If Mdm.exe is the only program that creates those
files then something baffling is going on!