{"id":20311,"date":"2021-06-15T01:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=20311"},"modified":"2021-06-15T01:37:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:37:36","slug":"windows-10-flutet-tmp-verzeichnis-mit-leerem-tmp-verzeichnismll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2021\/06\/15\/windows-10-flutet-tmp-verzeichnis-mit-leerem-tmp-verzeichnismll\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10: Flooded with empty TMP directory garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Windows\"[German<\/a>]Today another inquiry to the readership of this blog, if the observation of a reader can be verified. The reader noticed that under Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro, in version 21H1 and with all updates installed, \"directory garbage\" suddenly appears. Windows leaves a bunch of empty directories in the system profile folder every time it reboots. <\/p>\n

The bug is not new, I have found entries in forums as far back as 2020. Here is some information that the user sent me. <\/p>\n

A reader's feedback<\/h2>\n

\"\"German blog reader Thomas G. contacted me a few days ago with a curious observation. He is running two systems with Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro, in version 21H1. In doing so, he noticed newly created files, and writes:<\/p>\n

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I am running Windows 10 Home and Pro, version 21H1, current patch level. <\/p>\n

The affected directory is: <\/p>\n

C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Local. <\/p>\n

Apparently, nineteen (!) empty TMP directories are created in this location with each reboot. <\/p>\n

They all have a name similar to \"tw-1670-10dc-7994a0.tmp\". <\/p>\n

On some of my serviced devices, the number had added up to several hundred. <\/p>\n

From what I could read, this might have something to do with \"Provisioning Task\" in Task Scheduling. (…Microsoft\\Windows\\Management\\Provisioning…). <\/p>\n

The constant creation of these directories can probably be turned off by overriding a \"logon function\" in Task Scheduling. <\/p>\n

This is supposed to have no short-term consequences for Windows operation, but is probably more of an \"experimental tip\". The long-term consequences are unclear….<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thomas asked for a good tip to solve the problem? I would have pointed him to Linux, but that wouldn't have been interpreted as being on target. However, on a test machine I booted, I could not find these empty folders. <\/p>\n

Hits on the Internet<\/h2>\n

However, during a quick internet search, I came across another reference<\/a> from 2020 in this forum<\/a> thread on TensForum. The user writes: <\/p>\n

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Odd TMP files – OK to delete? What are they?<\/h4>\n

I was helping someone correct an ESENT error and guiding them to:
System32\\config\\SystemProfile\\AppData\\Local\\
and looking in my Local folder there I found a slew of .tmp folders, all zero bytes.
The folders are dated from 3\/13\/20 to today (3\/29\/20)
There are 19 folders created for each date, all have the same time.
Is it OK to delete these?
I ran Disk Cleanup (as Administrator) and it did not remove them.
What do you think these are?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He found these files on his system and posted a screenshot with the directory garbage. Here is an excerpt of such files: <\/p>\n

\"Leere
(Source: Tensforum) <\/p>\n

In this post<\/a> someone writes that the empty TMP folders are created by ProvTool.exe (Provisioning package runtime processing tool). The solution is to add the Logon task in the Task Scheduler under<\/p>\n

Microsoft\\Windows\\Management\\Provisioning<\/p>\n

(see here<\/a>). The empty TMP folders can be deleted. On askwoody.com there is this thread<\/a> from 2019 on the subject – and on deskmodder.de there is this thread<\/a> with an explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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