Files of type
Perflib_Perfdata_
are temporary files, that might be created by a long line of software.
Typically, they might be created by your display driver in Windows itself,
or even your graphics card's driver. They cannot be removed, simply due to
the fact, that long as your PC is running, it is using the graphics card -
or whichever hardware caused them to be there first hand - hence they are
still in use. There are certain fixes, that you could search for on the
internet, but they are only temporary. That is, they might be able to remove
the files in question right now, but soon as you restart your PC, and it
goes back to its normal state, they are restored.
True, your AntiVirus software will not report them, since they are not
viruses, nor spyware, nor anything of the sort. They are simply files, that
your system creates, to maintain a smooth flow of data; hence non-harmful,
and might generally be left there.
As to why, a system which has never had them there from before, all the
certain gets them, I wish I knew. Whether or not this might be affected by
changes in your hardware setup, certain updates to your OS, or any such
thing, I haven't been able to find any answers on the net. If anyone else on
the list, might have some fill in here, it would be greatly appriciated.
OK, these files might be somehow troublesome, when you try to clean out your
whole Temporary folder in Windows. Going into the folder, by Windows
Explorer, and then hitting CTRL-A (to mark all files), then the DEL key, so
as to delete all files; no, it won't work. Windows will delete all files
above the Perf-files, then throw an error on you, simply because it hits a
file that cannot be deleted; and then leave all the files from there and
down the list, undeleted. If you know your exact - and full - foldername for
the Temporary folder, try the following steps, and you will be able to
delete all temporary files, that are not in use:
1. Press WIN-R.
2. Type CMD.EXE, and hit enter.
3. Type CD, space, and then your full Temporary folder name.
4. Type
DEL *.* /S/Q
and hit Enter.
5. When your speech notifies you, type EXIT, and press ENTER.
All files that are not in use, will now have been removed from your
Temporary folder. I do have a small software here, that does delete every
file in your Temporary folder, but can't remember where I picked it up, or
its full name. On my disk it only is named TFC.exe, so you might want to
contact me off-list, and I can send it to you - as it is a freeware, or you
could try a search on the net for it. Still, as I said, it only will remove
the files for the moment. Next time your system is restarted, and put back
to normal, the files are likely to reappear.
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Tekell" <[email protected]>
To: "Chris Hallsworth" <[email protected]>; "Jackie Rumble"
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: window-eyes and safe mode
In the past, one could put a basic 16 bit audio driver on a floppy and
then run the executable for the driver once Windows was up in safe mode.
Once the driver was loaded, WE would work. This was with Windows 98 and ME
though, and might not work anymore even if one has a floppy drive and a 16
bit audio driver that will work.
I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to create a bootable CD that could do
a minimal startup that is equivalent to safe mode but with audio drivers
installed.
I've recently become interested in this topic as I have a file located in
my Temp folder in the Windows directory called Perflib_Perfdata_2b0 that I
cannot delete. It does not scan as malware in MS Security Essentials or
Malwarebytes or any other scanner I've used, but I don't like having
something I don't know the function of that I can't delete. I've been
hoping to find a way to delete it possibly using safe mode, but I don't
have the boot floppy anymore so can't try it out with XP to see if it
works. Anyway, I know that one can install drivers manually in safe mode,
so if there is a single driver that would work to get audio going in XP,
one should be able to do it. I may be wrong with XP, there may not be a
single driver solution or you may not be able to manually install
drivers, but if anyone knows more about audio drivers in XP than I do, it
might be worth a try to see if it works.
Regards,
Chris
At 03:58 PM 4/10/2010, Chris Hallsworth wrote:
No as in safe mode only the critical drivers for Windows to run are
loaded. These do not include sound and no doubt proper display drivers.
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From: "Jackie Rumble" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:48 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: window-eyes and safe mode
Hi all,
will window-eyes work in safe mode?
I'm running windows vista.
thanks
Jackie
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