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From: akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Which program creates XDIRSTAT.TPS hidden file
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Date: 2 Mar 89 21:21:00 GMT
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In article <999@ur-cc.UUCP> akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) writes:
>Does anyone know which program creates a hidden file XDIRSTAT.TPS
>when it is run?  I see several of these hidden files in various directories
>every few days on at least two of the IBM PC's I use.  I haven't been
>able to track down which program is responsible for creating it.  The file
>seems to have subdirectory names if I look at it with Norton's.


Thanks for all the replies.  It seems TOPS is the culprit.  Now is there a
way to prevent and/or cleanup these hidden files or to have them all go to
one specific directory?  I had to go in and delete 37 of these files from
one PC today and it is a pain.




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