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Re: BUG: Poliferation of MSXML4...-enu.log and long dir's being create

 
 
MowGreen [MVP]
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      12-04-2006
Each attempt to install KB927978 will generate a new log on the root
drive. You can safely delete them and yes, they should be located in
%windir% with the other installation logs for KBs.
AND, they should be overwritten or appended to rather than generating a
new log each time.

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Rob A. wrote:

> Anyone else notice they now have a lot of new directories on their PC of the
> root of your primary boot drive?
>
> i.e. C:\2df5b49a85730a8d080c2dfdaecf
>
> looking in the dir I see: msxml4-KB927978-enu.log
>
> This problem has only started happening within the last month -- I'm getting
> a proliferation of these directories. The only time I noticed new ones are
> after a Microsoft Update. This problem is not specific to any PC, I've
> noticed this problem on 7 PCs and so far can't place an relationship between
> them other than they all use Microsoft Update and all run IE7. SQL Server???
>
> What are these and why are they being made visible and NOT removed once
> complete? And why the heck are they being placed off the root?? This is
> really really really sloppy! I've learnt not to expect much from Microsoft
> these days, but this is just beyond bad QA.
>
> Rob.
>

 
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