In microsoft.public.windowsme.new-user, "Carole"
Carole@aWindowsMESystem wrote:

Hello Adrian and Mike,

I've just subscribed to this newsgroup & started by browsing the archives.
I was interested to read this thread , as I've also had the same concerns as
Adrian about the masses of fff*files that are persistently being created &
would eventually clog up valuable disc space, & didn't know what to do. So
thank you - although I'm having some trouble going through the process
recommended by Mike & following the information on the Windows help-pages.

Mike, you wrote.......
I would recommend
a) killing mdm.exe in the Task Manager

I believe I have done this correctly - there was just one instance of it in
the exact place as
described in the help-pages.

b) removing mdm.exe from Startup in MSConfig

There doesn't seem to be any instance of it here. Could I be missing it?
might it be named
something else in here? If so, this might be the problem, as I don't seem
to be able to progress much further after this step.


You appear to have missed it. It is called Machine Debug Manager, as
it is called in the MSKB article below.
You can disable it in Msconfig (Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab) or
remove the Registry key as shown in the article.

See also MS KB 221438 - "OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with "fff"
Appear in Windows Folder" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=221438).
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....Alan

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