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Microsoft/Windows itself puts a bunch of junk in the home folder, and to make things worse, they have extra long names: ntuser.ini ntuser.dat.LOG1
by dist-epoch 2y ago
Microsoft/Windows itself puts a bunch of junk in the home folder, and to make things worse, they have extra long names:
ntuser.ini
ntuser.dat.LOG1
ntuser.dat.LOG2
NTUSER.DAT
NTUSER.DAT{b2352f18-cdbf-1122-8680-002248483d79}.TM.blf
NTUSER.DAT{b2352f18-cdbf-1122-8680-002248483d79}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
NTUSER.DAT{b2352f18-cdbf-1122-8680-002248483d79}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
- zamadatix 2y agoYou have to go pretty out of your way as a user to actually see those transaction logs though vs what GP is talking about with blatant pollution the user is actually expected to see and interact with.
- wink 2y agoBy "go out of your way" you mean "trying to copy the contents of any "system" folder in your HOME to a new machine? :)
- delta_p_delta_x 2y agoThese files correspond to the HKCU registry hive. There is really no better place to put them, because even the location of %LOCALAPPDATA% and %APPDATA% can be controlled... in the registry.
- dist-epoch 2y agothey could have shorter names
- p_ing 2y agoThey're transaction log files for HKCU. Microsoft typically uses GUIDs to prevent name collisions.
- eviks 2y agoOf course there is a better way, don't give up so easily. One immediate improvement - use a subfolder for organization, so just 1 "garbage" item instead of many.