Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?

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  1. TV2
    Posts : 2,221
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       #21

    Questions remaining:

    What is the LOGON task? What does it do?

    Is this behavior related to Windows Update KB4540673?
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  2. Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       #22

    Logon is a task trigger in Task Scheduler. There are a great many tasks that include this trigger value, as this snippet from Nir Sofer's wonderful TaskSchedulerView tool illustrates:

    Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?-image.png

    Thus, I'm a little mystified myself, as to which of these many tasks (and others, with multiple triggers) the other poster refers. Hopefully, we'll learn more from that source soon.
    --Ed---

    PS: just went back to look and found what the OP was talking about in the MS Task Scheduler. Here 'tis:

    Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?-image.png

    Not sure if disabling the task is a good idea, but the technique does work.
    Interesting!
    =e=
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  3. TV2
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    W10 Pro 22H2
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       #23

    OP here.
    So far, there has been no problems since disabling. I will report if I discover anything.

    So if all those entries are triggered by the LOGON task, what does that mean - what does the LOGON task do (in layman's terms)?
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  4. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #24

    Good article on AskWoody.com on this: ProvTool.exe creating temp folders

    Indicates no problems after disabling the task.
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  5. TV2
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    Thread Starter
       #25

    Thanks. That does shed a little more light on the subject.
    Very interesting that the blank folder issue comes and goes depending on the version of Windows.
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  6. Posts : 263
    Windows 10 Home 22H2
       #26

    So this issue is still present in 20H2 ?
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  7. Posts : 800
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #27

    Yup, and in 21H1 as well, 'only' today 19 of them have been created so far:

    Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?-image.png

    I have ca. 4.500 of these - does anybody want some?

    (credit to Mr Born for raising this to my attention here).
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  8. Posts : 800
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #28

    Well, half a year later and I'm up to another ~4,300 of these - which started exactly the day after I purged the previous lot (as per my last post). It did not make any difference that I have been migrated to 21H2 sometime in that period either.

    So, do you think anybody @ MS will do something with it eventually...?
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  9. Posts : 13,895
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #29

    A difference I see between yours and mine says there may be something messed up in the Users and Windows folders, here's mine on a Default install showing the AppData folder under the Users and logged in user subfolder:
    Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?-image.png

    When things are not in their 'right' place Windows can get confused in its actions.
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  10. Posts : 800
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #30

    I also do have AppData folder related to my (and any other) user profile on this PC, and it's utilised as expected, so I don't think it's a culprit here.

    EDITED TO ADD: As I'm typing this from my laptop that hosts Win 8.1, decided to have a look and voilą:

    Odd TMP files - OK to delete? What are they?-image.png

    This destination looks relatively clean to me - as opposed to what I see on my Windows 10 PC.
    Last edited by krzemien; 08 Jan 2022 at 15:56. Reason: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED
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