The files are most likely droppings from Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Craig Dedo wrote:
>
> Everyone:
> Please help me with a problem that is driving me nuts.
>
> In the last few months, my desktop PC has been generating **LOTS**
> of files in the \Windows\Temp directory with filenames of the pattern
> ACR####.TMP, where #### is 3-5 hex digits. These files are usually
> around 3.5 MB, sometimes a little larger, sometimes a little smaller.
> Often, the files are generated at the rate of over 200 files per hour.
> Often, the large numbers of these files has used up all of the free
> space on my hard disk.
>
> The frequency of occurrence and rate of growth of the ACR####.TMP
> files has been increasing over the last few months.
>
> Yesterday I checked the disk controller and hard disk with CheckIt
> 7.0 in MS-DOS mode. It did not find any problems with either the
> controller or the hard disk. I still ahve some suspicion that a hard
> disk or controller problem may be causing or contributing to this
> problem.
>
> I do not have this problem on my laptop PC, only my desktop PC.
>
> I have some questions.
>
> 1. What program or process is creating these files?

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.