Hi everyone,
There are bunches of invisible files and mysterious file on my hard drive.
(I've been playing with ResEdit...just looking, not making any changes, so
relax....smile)
But this bothers me a lot.
How can I tell what they are for? Is there a list somewhere of what these
files mean?
Should I delete them? CAN I delete them?
When I want to look at the type and creator of some of the hidden files with
ResEdit, it comes back with the message, "This file doesn't have a resource
fork. Opening it up will put one on it. Do you want to do this?"
Do I want to do this?
Will it hurt anything if I do? Are there legitimate files on the Mac hard
drive without resource forks?
Is there a list somewhere of the different types and creators? Because even
when I open one, I have no idea what the particular ones mean, unless I can
identify them with legitimate files I already have. (For example, I have
opened such files as Dreamweaver, so I know the legitimate types and creator
files for that one.)
I don't like having stuff on my hard drive that I don't know anything about.
Here's a partial list so far -- most are hidden, some are just mysterious:
Under Mac OS 9 Hard Drive Folder:
I think these are legitimate:
AppleSharePDS
Auth.bak(plus a funny little right arrow box with an x in it--can't draw
it here)
Cleanup At Startup (folder)
Desktop
Desktop DB
Desktop DF
Desktop Printers DB
File Transfer Folder | (plus a funny arrow pointing left)
Icon (Lots of these throughout the hard drive)
Shutdown Check preferences file
The FindByContentFolder
TheVolumeSettingsFolder
TTP Updater Log file (and other TTP files...I think these are okay, Tech
Tool Pro files)
In the System Folder --don't think these are ligitimate:
BDE
GCE
HCE
Icon
MCE
sysKas.54C8
VolumeName IconPict
TME
System Encodings (may be ligitimate)
Vbox Engine (not hidden, but what is this?)
Network Assistant Log (What is this?)
Prem50.ini (not hidden, but this looks ominous, since I think it's a PC
file)
SJMPTTemp0123489234
thaumaturgy.log
xc1ty6wa8im1po0ex8yp
xq7un4ex8yb3er4im1zp
not hidden
XIPN3
XOTAT
Under Application Support:
FCE
Icon
ZME
Under Extensions:
RTS Tool Plugin
Under Preferences:
EBTempOO2 (not hidden, but what is this?)
eD at Zny~SG#!7E*EB9 (etc etc. more letters and numbers)
Extension Sharing Prefs
FPK-EN-270-900 (etc. more numbers)
FreeHand8Xtra Info Cache
Icon
IconDropper 2.0 Registration
identitydb.obj (not hidden, but what is this?)
Installer Observer (not hidden, but what is this? and can I
delete it?)
Prem50.ini (not hidden, but what is this one?)
(All the following JTT files in preferences are not hidden...they
have different modifier dates...what in the heck are they? I
feel invaded here...grin)
JTT
JTT (plus a little box)
JTT$
JTT'
JTT)
JTTe
JTT (plus an e with two dots above it...can't type it here)
JTTN
JTTp
JTTs
JTT{
And, on my computer desktop:
PDPACK.EXE
I would sincerely appreciate some input here. Sorry this is so long, but I
bet everyone else has this stuff too.
Jane Blake
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