Hi Mike

Thanks for sticking with me :-))

On the startup tab I have going:
$Volumouse$ (had this for a couple of years--great little app)
Desktop Architect (had this since 2001--ditto)
ScanRegistry
TaskMonitor
SystemTray
LoadPowerProfile
avast! Web Scanner
Tweak UI
LoadPowerProfile (again)
SchedulingAgent
*StateMgr
avast!
KB891711
DKService (Diskeeper)
Dialog Box Assistant (been using this handy app for years too)

Unchecked and disabled a
InstantAccess (TextBridge)
RegisterDropHandler (ditto TB)
C-Media Mixer
PCHealth
RegisterDropHandler(TextBridge again)
Microsoft Find Fast (installed with Word 97)
Office Startup (ditto)

These seven apps always show in the Close Program dialog:
Explorer
Osdex (another name for Dialog Box Assistant)
Datray (Desktop Architect)
Systray
Dkservice
Volumouse
Ashwebsv (avast! Web Scanner)

Nothing new or untested here :-\

carol


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Am I stuck with this?

Yes until you remove the program that is creating these files which 99.9%
of the time is the machine debug manager (mdm.exe). What do you have
listed and checked in MSConfig | Startup?
--
Mike Maltby



caroloyl wrote:

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!