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What are [[meta]] [[meta-new]] files?
New to win 64 home. I use Total Commander with Show Hidden Files. but have [[meta]] and [[meta-new]] set not to show. What are they?
New to win 64 home. I use Total Commander with Show Hidden Files. but have [[meta]] and [[meta-new]] set not to show. What are they?
Could you possibly mean metadata?
- e.g. tags on media files, location/date/exposure..... info on photos?
Or do you mean playlists?
Introduction to Windows Media Metafiles
Or this perhaps?
META File - What is it and how do I open it?
Or this?
Windows Metafile - Wikipedia
Perhaps you could post a screenshot showing where you see this.
Please use the Insert Image icon to the left of the video icon above your post.
Last edited by dalchina; 08 Jun 2017 at 12:27.
[[meta]]
or[[meta-new]]
That's exactly what I saw, at the top of the filename list. Not all directories, just system. Nothing happens when I click on them. Now, after a few updates and reboots, they seem to have gone away. So I can't provide a screen shot. As far as I can tell they have nothing to do with a metafile.
I want to re-activate this post, in the hope that someone will know about the [[meta]] files. I cannot prevent them from showing in file explorer. Could it be something unique to the HP - Windows OS? Where else but this forum might I find some info?
I'm on my HP desktop running a OEM version of Windows 10 Home and don't have the meta files. My guess is that they are being created by a program you have installed.
Great suggestion! I suspected Ashampoo Backup. Then ran Everything and found hundreds of [[meta]]s. I noticed that the dates and times of the files coincide with the scheduled backup time (Friday at 1:00). So that's the culprit. I will contact Ashampoo.
I'll mark solved. Ashampoo told me the files cannot be hidden. I'm off to find another backup.