What's c:\WINDOWS\system32\cleartmp.cmd

D.K.

Sorry the persistent little thing is still there, even though I ran the Glary 3 times until nothing was found.
Many thanks for staying with me, so far.
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aliEnRIK

Did you try Anewhopes idea?

D.K.

Start up had no response nothing appeared when I clicked on it.
I didn't see anything in the reg. Somethings similar but I didn't feel confident taking a chance on them.

aliEnRIK

run the System File Checker, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run type sfc /scannow, and then press ENTER.
2. Follow the prompts throughout the System File Checker process.
3. Restart the computer when System File Checker process is complete.

tomsutton529

isnt the file for cleaning tempory files using windows disk cleaner. so there is some software somewhere looking for the cleartmp.cmd file but it isnt there?

so looking at apps running in the background is where i would be looking and in the logs of virus scanners.

open notepad and copy this code in then save it in c:\WINDOWS\system32\ as cleartmp.cmd

@echo off
cls

echo Y | del "C:\Documents and Settings\[I]your-profile[/I]\Local Settings\Temp\*.tmp"
echo Y | del "C:\WINDOWS\Temp\*.tmp"

not only will it get rid of the mesages but it will clear your temp files too.

D.K.

aliEnRIK What can I say. Very many thanks for what feels like a marathon, I admire your patience but tomsutton has done it.Still, I must have sorted quite a few other problems on the way so it hasn't been a waste of time.Thanks again

Tomsutton, Well spotted Thanks!

aliEnRIK

yeah ~ nice one Tom

tomsutton529

no wories guys, im getting paid to sit here helping your out...

remember that the file you created is going to be running somewhere and it might not be telling you, so if you have something downloaded (eg in firefox) and you didnt save the file but you chose to open it then said file is going to get wiped. so make sure you are saving what you need and not just opening it. I made this mistake once and lost a few hours of downloaded files from work.