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Hi, I have been using windows 7 ultimate for about 3 weeks now, and today I noticed a file in my user name folder called ntuser.dat can someone please tell me what it means?,and can I delete it?, I only noticed it there today, it was not there before?.thank you.
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No you cannot delete it. Leave it alone it is part of the Registry.
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No you cannot delete it. Leave it alone it is part of the Registry.
Oh..ok thanks...
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NTUSER.DAT is stored in your personal Documents and Settings folder and contains the entire contents of the HKEY_LOCAL_USER branch of the Registry
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NTUSER.DAT is stored in your personal Documents and Settings folder and contains the entire contents of the HKEY_LOCAL_USER branch of the Registry
Ok, but is it important?..can I delete it?..thanks
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NTUSER.DAT is stored in your personal Documents and Settings folder and contains the entire contents of the HKEY_LOCAL_USER branch of the Registry
Ok, but is it important?..can I delete it?..thanks
...Yes it is very important...
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It is a system file. Just let it be; it is supposed to be there.
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NTUSER.DAT is stored in your personal Documents and Settings folder and contains the entire contents of the HKEY_LOCAL_USER branch of the Registry
Ok, but is it important?..can I delete it?..thanks
...Yes it is very important...
Ok, I will leave it alone then, thanks, but why did it appear all of a sudden?..
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The system finally created it or you changed your Explorer settings to view system files.
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Please leave it alone unless you want to reformat and do a clean intallation of Windows 7 ...
ntuser.dat will still be there
Guaranteed!
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all you have to do is right click the file , properties, and select hidden,
it should be hidden if system files are set to hidden , not sure where it is coming
from yet, could be a bug in an update, not worried about it though,
