What is this "aow_drv.log" file in my C: Drive?


  1. Posts : 66
    Windows 10 Home
       #1

    What is this "aow_drv.log" file in my C: Drive?


    This file is sitting in my C: drive (Operating System Drive) for quite a long time but i didn't care much about it until now.

    It seems to be bigger than before, now it's nearly to 7 MB just for .log file which is huge i guess and when i try to delete this explorer says that it's open in my System and can't delete it. So i think it must be some feedback function in Windows which writes this certain log and sends to Microsoft or something like that.

    Well i only wanted to know if how can i disable or delete this cuz i think it might be using up my HDD a bit more for no apparent reason.
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  2. Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       #2

    Something to do with the Tencent Game Assistant, as per this blog post: - Code Blog Bt. Interestingly doesn't show up visibly in the post, but does show up in the Bing/Google search info about the post:

    What is this "aow_drv.log" file in my C: Drive?-image.png

    Everything else that comes up in is Chinese, which makes me believe it's very probably accurate.
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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  3. Posts : 66
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #3

    EdTittel said:
    *Something in Tencent Gaming Buddy Emu*
    --Ed--
    Thank for finding that out!

    Now what remains is that how can i remove or stop it from logging every time, it says that it's open in system but i also don't see any process related to Tencent Emu.

    Could it be some Service?
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  4. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #4

    Use a program like Unlocker to get rid of it.

    Install Unlocker and it will add a Unlocker entry to your right click menu, so right click on the file and select Unlocker. It will show you what is locking the file. That will help you to identify it and get rid of it and you can also tell Unlocker to delete the file whcih it will do for you, either immediately or on your next boot.
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