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4 gb local settings
« on: March 25, 2004, 06:26:31 PM »
hi,

after updating avst the folder user/local settings/temp/_avast4_
was more than 4 GB
How can i solve this ???
I deleted the whole folder
(win2k)

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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2004, 06:38:40 PM »
1. Are you using the latest version of avast?
2. what are the names of the files in that folder?

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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2004, 07:29:02 PM »
hi,

I was to quick to delete the whole folder but there were hundreds of files in an numerical order, and yes i use the latest version (0403-18)

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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2004, 07:50:21 PM »
This is the VPS version. Latest program version is 4.1.357. Does this number match yours and which version do you have (Home Edition,Professional,Server itd...)
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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2004, 07:59:50 PM »
hi,
4.1 home edition (4.1.357)
xtreme toolkit version 1.9.4.0
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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2004, 08:37:47 PM »
Did you performed full system scan recently? (With Scan Archives option enabled?)
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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2004, 09:09:22 PM »
hi,
indeed, with  scan archive option enabled... :)
I've already disabled it  , or shouldn't I
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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2004, 09:13:47 PM »
It would be worth trying to retry the scan with archives enabled, and monitor the folder. I wonder if the files would be recreated...

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Re:4 gb local settings
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2004, 10:19:38 PM »
hi,
no, looks fine ....hope that's the only reason ??? :)
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