TMP Files Left After Deinstall of SMS Admin UI Tool

ID: Q135772

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use Systems Management Server Setup to deinstall the SMS Administrator from a computer running Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 or 3.5, Setup fails to remove two .TMP files in the root directory. The two files are:


     Name        Size
   --------------------
   _@x.TMP    1,241,520
   _@x.TMP      219,136

NOTE: x represents the increment of temp files created.

CAUSE

These files are not deleted because they are not noted in the following registry location:


   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\FileRenameOperations

This registry entry is blank after the deinstall completes. Windows NT looks in this location for filenames to be deleted upon system startup. Because there were no entries present, no files were deleted.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually delete the files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms sms

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug1.00 smsadmin smssetup kbbug1.10 kbfix1.20 smsutil
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1
Platform : winnt
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