c drive

For some time now I've noticed that files show up on my c drive and
I'm not sure what they are or where they are coming from. It will
have the open file icon with a gold padlock to the left of it followed
by a bunch of letters and numbers. When I open it it just says file
is empty. I'd appreciate any ideas on what this is. Thanks

P.O. wrote:

> For some time now I've noticed that files show up on my c drive and
> I'm not sure what they are or where they are coming from. It will
> have the open file icon with a gold padlock to the left of it followed
> by a bunch of letters and numbers. When I open it it just says file
> is empty. I'd appreciate any ideas on what this is. Thanks

Sounds like a temporary file/folder, perhaps from Windows Update, do
they go away again later?

thanks for replying. Yes, they do go away.

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:12:33 +0100, Sunny Bard <>
wrote:

>P.O. wrote:
>
>> For some time now I've noticed that files show up on my c drive and
>> I'm not sure what they are or where they are coming from. It will
>> have the open file icon with a gold padlock to the left of it followed
>> by a bunch of letters and numbers. When I open it it just says file
>> is empty. I'd appreciate any ideas on what this is. Thanks
>
>Sounds like a temporary file/folder, perhaps from Windows Update, do
>they go away again later?