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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / March 2008missing files
When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? joni Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no file associations. Instead, for LOG files, use NOTEPAD.EXE to read them. You can try that for the TMP files, too, but you may not be able to read them as they may not be in plain text. I can understand why you might want to read a LOG file, but why do you want to read TMP files?  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User > When I try to open a TMP OR LOG file, I get a message telling me that Windows > cannot open the file because of missing blank.exe. What does this mean? > > joni Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up space and checking their properties didn't really help. Signaturejoni > Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically > launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > joni When it comes to TEMP folders, anything that you *can* delete is safe to delete. If you can't delete it, it's in use and you want to leave it alone. You might want to read my article, "Clean Boot -- What it is and why you need it." Has some useful info regarding the TEMP files. http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User > Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I > needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > > > joni i clikd on Windows in Explorer Find *.jpg and was amazed at how many times Lindsey Lohan pics showed up in temp files no idea who did this, but did a lot of Deleting > When it comes to TEMP folders, anything that you *can* delete is safe to > delete. If you can't delete it, it's in use and you want to leave it alone. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > > > joni It's wise to delete Temporary Internet Files *before* doing something like this. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com >i clikd on Windows in Explorer > Find *.jpg [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> > > > >> > > > joni The simplest way to have Notepad (or Wordpad or whatever) available for all files is to add a shortcut to the SendTo folder so that Notepad appears in the right-click> SendTo context menu of every file. Click Start> Run, type: sendto |Click OK| Create a new shortcut to Notepad in the SendTo folder.....voila! SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Thank you for your help. I was actually trying to figure out whether I > needed these files in my Temporary folder or if they were just taking up [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > >> > joni Glee- Thanks for the suggestion. I had to jump through a few more hoops than what you stated, but I got the Notepad destination into Sendto. I had to find my identity under C:\, open that and find "Sendto" (not terribly difficult), then add a shortcut to "Notepad.exe" in the Windows folder. I'll probably use it soon. Stay safe, and may G-d bless. I wish you His peace. Dan Gary........having read this explanation....and not being a puter person of much knowledge.......is this similar to my problem ? I'am getting kicked out of Internet Explorer6 quite often ( have downloaded again / updates with no help) I have Windows 2000 Professional on an older HP Pavilion. I'm on cable ( comcast) . Its been working great ,,,then all of a sudden I start getting a "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encoundtered a problem and must shut down." it asks if I want to report it ,,,I click on yes.....then it gives me a window that reporting has finished and if I'd like more infomation..click here. when I do so I get another window or "program not found" "windows cannot find blank.exe / this program is needed for opening files of type 'URL:Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.' Could of this file been deleted accidently ? as I constantly defrag runs scans etc to keep puter clean and running as fast as it can as stated its on old one. Is there somewhere to retrieve or download it as a replacement I guess you'd say......as it is annoying being kicked out of explorer constantly,,,,,not everytime,,,but in last 2 weeks or so more and more it seems. Anyone plus yourself who might be able to help............Please do :- ).. annoyed in Jersey Thank You ! > Not all files have "file associations", executables that automatically > launch when you try to open the file. LOG and TMP files normally have no [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > joni )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) You are infested with malware. Go to this page and follow through all of the procedures there. Does that fix things? http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com > Gary........having read this explanation....and not being a puter person > of [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> > )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) I should mention that it's the "blank.exe" part that is hinky. I thought I knew of a more direct way to clean it up, but I can't find it now. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com > You are infested with malware. Go to this page and follow through all of > the procedures there. Does that fix things? [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>> >> )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) |
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