smsstoraqge.lst

Just Me · External Since: Jun 16, 2009 Posts: 2

In the past week, something on my HD hads been generating several instances
of a file named cmsstorage.lst. It appears in 1/2 dozen folders and when
deleted it reappears a few minutes later. It appears to contain 0 bytes
and has the hidden attribute set.

Norton AV doesn't flag it, nor does Registry Mechanic find anything
strange.

There is a backup products company, CMS Storage, but I have none of their
products and they deny knowledge.

Does anyone know what this is and what's generating it/how to remove it?

All advice will be most appreciated.

FromTheRafters · External Since: Feb 16, 2009 Posts: 78

"Just Me" wrote in message

> In the past week, something on my HD hads been generating several
> instances
> of a file named cmsstorage.lst. It appears in 1/2 dozen folders and
> when
> deleted it reappears a few minutes later. It appears to contain 0
> bytes
> and has the hidden attribute set.
>
> Norton AV doesn't flag it, nor does Registry Mechanic find anything
> strange.
>
> There is a backup products company, CMS Storage, but I have none of
> their
> products and they deny knowledge.
>
> Does anyone know what this is and what's generating it/how to remove
> it?
>
> All advice will be most appreciated.

Do you use a backup program from Seagate?

Just Me · External Since: Jun 16, 2009 Posts: 2

"FromTheRafters" wrote in
@news.eternal-september.org:

>
> Do you use a backup program from Seagate?
>

Thank you for your reply. I do not.
I have just now identified the source if not the delete solution.
It turns out that an old Microsoft group of programs that was distributed
with a Kodak digital cameraa I bought 7 years ago is responsible.
"PictureIt" ver 2.0 is the culprit. But when one uninstalls it, the files
are still gereated. Just an annoyance now.

Thanks again for your reply.

Wolf K · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 18

Just Me wrote:
> "FromTheRafters" wrote in
> @news.eternal-september.org:
>
>
>> Do you use a backup program from Seagate?
>>
>
> Thank you for your reply. I do not.
> I have just now identified the source if not the delete solution.
> It turns out that an old Microsoft group of programs that was distributed
> with a Kodak digital cameraa I bought 7 years ago is responsible.
> "PictureIt" ver 2.0 is the culprit. But when one uninstalls it, the files
> are still gereated. Just an annoyance now.
>
> Thanks again for your reply.

Use Your Uninstall to completely remove those old Kodak programs. It not
only removes the program (with Uninstall), it also removes registry
keys, and left-over files that Uninstall doesn't touch. Free evaluation
copy allows three Uninstalls per use. Paid copy is worth every penny if
you have a mess of old stuff hanging around, and/or test install a lot
of programs.

HTH

wolf k.

Larry Sabo · External Since: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 37

Wolf K wrote:

>Just Me wrote:
>> "FromTheRafters" wrote in
>> @news.eternal-september.org:
>>
>>
>>> Do you use a backup program from Seagate?
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for your reply. I do not.
>> I have just now identified the source if not the delete solution.
>> It turns out that an old Microsoft group of programs that was distributed
>> with a Kodak digital cameraa I bought 7 years ago is responsible.
>> "PictureIt" ver 2.0 is the culprit. But when one uninstalls it, the files
>> are still gereated. Just an annoyance now.
>>
>> Thanks again for your reply.
>
>
>Use Your Uninstall to completely remove those old Kodak programs. It not
>only removes the program (with Uninstall), it also removes registry
>keys, and left-over files that Uninstall doesn't touch. Free evaluation
>copy allows three Uninstalls per use. Paid copy is worth every penny if
>you have a mess of old stuff hanging around, and/or test install a lot
>of programs.
>
>HTH
>
>wolf k.

... or use Revo Uninstaller (http://www.revouninstaller.com/), which is
freeware and does the same thing but without that limitation.

Larry