About a week ago, a file with my first name has been created in the "Users" folder. (my name is the one that appears as the computer owner and administrator) This is something that I've never seen before and I want to delete it.
The file has no extension and it's bugging me a bit.
Any input? Thanks.
Right click on the file, choose properties at the bottom. What is the path? Post a screenshot of the file and the properties. Do you have windows set to not hide file extensions?
File Extensions - Hide or Show
A Guy
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I sometimes too have a file named as my <username>.contact, happens when I synchronize my phone with the pc.
Thanks for the fast response; I do have both known and unknown extensions showing in folders.
I also took a quick screen:
You first delete them to the recycle bin. If something goes wrong, restore the file. If everything remains ok, you can delete them.By the way, have you tried opening that file with notepad?
Intresting, I actually did not try, this appeared:
"
===========================================================================
Interface List
14...00 24 2b f8 92 fc ......Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
11...00 23 ae 08 c3 14 ......Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
26...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
15...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
===========================================================================
"
You can safely delete that. It was just a change of a file, not an actual file. You can make a copy somewhere as a backup, but I don't think you'll need it. A Guy
Ah! That's interesting. Do you've inbuilt or dongle-d bluetooth? Whenever I insert my bluetooth dongle, Bluetooth Personal Area Network appears. Try disabling that in device manager.
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