missing files

ranjoni · External Since: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 2

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

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 4357

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?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"ranjoni" <ranjoni.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
> 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

ranjoni · External Since: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 2

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.
--
joni

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
> "ranjoni" <ranjoni.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
> > 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
>
>
>

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 4357

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

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"ranjoni" <ranjoni.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E215F1B1-0AD0-4B2E-80C5-DAC306077C10@microsoft.com...
> 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.
> --
> joni
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > --
> > Gary S. Terhune
> > MS MVP Shell/User
> >
> > "ranjoni" <ranjoni.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
> > > 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
> >
> >
> >

glee1 · External Since: Dec 15, 2003 Posts: 3749

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!
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"ranjoni" <ranjoni RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E215F1B1-0AD0-4B2E-80C5-DAC306077C10@microsoft.com...
> 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.
> --
> joni
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS MVP Shell/User
>>
>> "ranjoni" <ranjoni RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>>
>>
>>

ssome · External Since: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 16

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

"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews.DeleteThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OUt0QVwyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
> "ranjoni" <ranjoni.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E215F1B1-0AD0-4B2E-80C5-DAC306077C10@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
> > --
> > joni
> >
> >
> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
> >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gary S. Terhune
> > > MS MVP Shell/User
> > >
> > > "ranjoni" <ranjoni.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
> > > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Feb 28, 2007 Posts: 110

It's wise to delete Temporary Internet Files *before* doing something like
this.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ssome" <ssome DeleteThis @juno.com> wrote in message
news:G9adnR1948lst3bYnZ2dnUVZ_tyinZ2d@comcast.com...
>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
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews DeleteThis @mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OUt0QVwyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS MVP Shell/User
>>
>> "ranjoni" <ranjoni DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E215F1B1-0AD0-4B2E-80C5-DAC306077C10@microsoft.com...
>> > 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.
>> > --
>> > joni
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>> >
>> > > 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?
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Gary S. Terhune
>> > > MS MVP Shell/User
>> > >
>> > > "ranjoni" <ranjoni DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:4F00050F-0F80-44EA-A8F5-59649DFC35D3@microsoft.com...
>> > > > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>
>