Files waiting to be burned

Patty:
Been there, done that. Unfortunately for me, the files that were
sitting there were files that I use regularly -- such as my Resume and MS
Project files. When I deleted the contents of the CD Burning folder, I lost
my data files entirely. Windows has moved -- not copied, but moved -- these
files from My Documents. [Which gives me another reason to chant the mantra
"Backup Backup Backup" to my friends.]
So how to I STOP Windows from moving files from My Documents to the CD
equivelant of the Microsoft Recycle Bin with out so much as a by-your-leave?

Thanks,


"Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OW7YLcxzDHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> Basically you need to remove the files that are sitting in the temporary
> directory waiting to be burned to CD. The files are in a hidden folder,

so

> you need to go into Control Panel/Folder Options (or Appearance and

Themes,

> Folder Options if showing XP's Control Panel). Then go to the View tab

and

> make sure you are not hiding hidden files and folders. Then go into

Windows

> Explorer or My Computer. Open the C drive, then Documents and Settings.
> Find your profile (usually with your name), open that up and find the

Local

> Settings folder under your profile. Open that, open the Application Data
> folder, then Microsoft and you'll see the CD Burning folder. Open it up

and

> delete its contents.
> --
> Patty MacDuffie
> MS MVP for Windows XP
>
> "joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Odcs4AxzDHA.4064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> > After installing a CD-RW I keep getting a message from Windows that I

have

> > files ready to be written to CD. How do I turn that annoying pop-up

> message

> > off?
> >
> > TIA
> > steve
> >
> >

>
>

Is there anything you might be doing to cause these files to move? Like
right-click and Send To (CD Drive) or something like that? Windows doesn't
normally move files on its own.
--
Patty MacDuffie
MS MVP for Windows XP

"joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:upj3CqxzDHA.1660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> Patty:
> Been there, done that. Unfortunately for me, the files that were
> sitting there were files that I use regularly -- such as my Resume and MS
> Project files. When I deleted the contents of the CD Burning folder, I

lost

> my data files entirely. Windows has moved -- not copied, but moved --

these

> files from My Documents. [Which gives me another reason to chant the

mantra

> "Backup Backup Backup" to my friends.]
> So how to I STOP Windows from moving files from My Documents to the CD
> equivelant of the Microsoft Recycle Bin with out so much as a

by-your-leave?

>
> Thanks,
>
>
> "Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in

message

> news:OW7YLcxzDHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> > Basically you need to remove the files that are sitting in the temporary
> > directory waiting to be burned to CD. The files are in a hidden folder,

> so

> > you need to go into Control Panel/Folder Options (or Appearance and

> Themes,

> > Folder Options if showing XP's Control Panel). Then go to the View tab

> and

> > make sure you are not hiding hidden files and folders. Then go into

> Windows

> > Explorer or My Computer. Open the C drive, then Documents and Settings.
> > Find your profile (usually with your name), open that up and find the

> Local

> > Settings folder under your profile. Open that, open the Application

Data

> > folder, then Microsoft and you'll see the CD Burning folder. Open it up

> and

> > delete its contents.
> > --
> > Patty MacDuffie
> > MS MVP for Windows XP
> >
> > "joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Odcs4AxzDHA.4064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> > > After installing a CD-RW I keep getting a message from Windows that I

> have

> > > files ready to be written to CD. How do I turn that annoying pop-up

> > message

> > > off?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > steve
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>

Patty:
When I build a system I clear the contents of the "send to" folder and
create network links so that I can easily make quick "backups" of important
files to other machines on my home network. Send to CD is not an option.

On the computer I am now building, Clean install of Windows, haven't
installed any other software, no data files. After setting up the basic
system, I install excess hardware a piece at a time. Installed a CD burner,
let Windows find it, shut down and installed a SCSII card. Upon re-boot, I
had "files waiting" to be burned.

They show up in the burn folder as "shortcuts", but if you empty the
folder, the files to which the shortcuts point go away along with the
shortcuts.

Now I have a new problem -- I added a mirrored RAID and put pagefile.sys
on the array. I rebooted and guess what -- I have pagefile.sys on the RAID
as desired but I also have a pagefile.sys linked to "C" drive that is
waiting to be burned to CD. I can't clear the folder, because pagefile.sys
is a system file, and I can't delete the extra pagefile.sys because it is in
use by the folder.3

thanks,

steve

"Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eVq9wW$zDHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> Is there anything you might be doing to cause these files to move? Like
> right-click and Send To (CD Drive) or something like that? Windows

doesn't

> normally move files on its own.
> --
> Patty MacDuffie
> MS MVP for Windows XP

Really odd, Steve. I can't fathom what would cause that. What happens if
you go ahead and let it burn the files to CD, just once. Will they go away?
I would also play around with the shortcut properties, and renaming files,
etc. What about uninstalling that SCSI card?
--
Patty MacDuffie
MS MVP for Windows XP

"joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uzF3%230A0DHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> Patty:
> When I build a system I clear the contents of the "send to" folder and
> create network links so that I can easily make quick "backups" of

important

> files to other machines on my home network. Send to CD is not an option.
>
> On the computer I am now building, Clean install of Windows, haven't
> installed any other software, no data files. After setting up the basic
> system, I install excess hardware a piece at a time. Installed a CD

burner,

> let Windows find it, shut down and installed a SCSII card. Upon re-boot,

I

> had "files waiting" to be burned.
>
> They show up in the burn folder as "shortcuts", but if you empty the
> folder, the files to which the shortcuts point go away along with the
> shortcuts.
>
> Now I have a new problem -- I added a mirrored RAID and put

pagefile.sys

> on the array. I rebooted and guess what -- I have pagefile.sys on the

RAID

> as desired but I also have a pagefile.sys linked to "C" drive that is
> waiting to be burned to CD. I can't clear the folder, because

pagefile.sys

> is a system file, and I can't delete the extra pagefile.sys because it is

in

> use by the folder.3
>
> thanks,
>
> steve
>
> "Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in

message

> news:eVq9wW$zDHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> > Is there anything you might be doing to cause these files to move? Like
> > right-click and Send To (CD Drive) or something like that? Windows

> doesn't

> > normally move files on its own.
> > --
> > Patty MacDuffie
> > MS MVP for Windows XP

>
>

Patty:
Don't think the SCSI card has anything to do with it -- I only have one
machine with SCSI but four machines with the exact same problem.
Can't burn the files to CD because one of them is pagefile.sys (greater
than 700 MB in and of itself) , another on is System Volume Information, and
another one is Recycler (e.g. the recycle bin). Those three are hidden
system files and active, so Windows won't allow me to do anything with them.

As I mull it over I am wondering if it is related to Roxio EZ CD/DVD
Creatro 6 -- the only thing these four machines have in common is Windows XP
Pro, CD burners, and Roxio. I don't believe it is a hardware issue -- four
different mother boards, four different burners (the one for my lapatop is
external USB v.2).

So it has to be either Microsoft's implementation of Roxio's software
in Windows XP, or Roxio Creator 6.

steve

"Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OTpx7YD0DHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> Really odd, Steve. I can't fathom what would cause that. What happens if
> you go ahead and let it burn the files to CD, just once. Will they go

away?

> I would also play around with the shortcut properties, and renaming files,
> etc. What about uninstalling that SCSI card?
> --
> Patty MacDuffie
> MS MVP for Windows XP

I would say that Roxio is a pretty good bet, though I haven't heard of this
issue before.
--
Patty MacDuffie
MS MVP for Windows XP

"joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eZ6EoCI0DHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> Patty:
> Don't think the SCSI card has anything to do with it -- I only have

one

> machine with SCSI but four machines with the exact same problem.
> Can't burn the files to CD because one of them is pagefile.sys

(greater

> than 700 MB in and of itself) , another on is System Volume Information,

and

> another one is Recycler (e.g. the recycle bin). Those three are hidden
> system files and active, so Windows won't allow me to do anything with

them.

>
> As I mull it over I am wondering if it is related to Roxio EZ CD/DVD
> Creatro 6 -- the only thing these four machines have in common is Windows

XP

> Pro, CD burners, and Roxio. I don't believe it is a hardware issue --

four

> different mother boards, four different burners (the one for my lapatop is
> external USB v.2).
>
> So it has to be either Microsoft's implementation of Roxio's software
> in Windows XP, or Roxio Creator 6.
>
> steve
>
> "Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in

message

> news:OTpx7YD0DHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> > Really odd, Steve. I can't fathom what would cause that. What happens

if

> > you go ahead and let it burn the files to CD, just once. Will they go

> away?

> > I would also play around with the shortcut properties, and renaming

files,

> > etc. What about uninstalling that SCSI card?
> > --
> > Patty MacDuffie
> > MS MVP for Windows XP

>
>

Patty:

When I put a blank CD in the burner, it is the Microsoft Wizard (not
Roxio) that pops up wanting to write files to CD, so I'm at a loss.

On the machine I just built, I moved the pagefile from C:\ to D:\ (RAID
array) before I noticed that C:\pagefile.sys is trapped in the CD Burning
folder. Since C:\pagefile.sys now represents 786,432 kb of unusable space,
I am going to blow it away and start fresh. Then I will see who is putting
the files there -- Microsoft or Roxio.

I'll let you know what I learn...

steve


"Patty MacDuffie" <pattymacduffie@sendspamhere.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eNTrRDX0DHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> I would say that Roxio is a pretty good bet, though I haven't heard of

this

> issue before.
> --
> Patty MacDuffie
> MS MVP for Windows XP
>
> "joust in jest" <joust in jest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eZ6EoCI0DHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> > Patty:
> > Don't think the SCSI card has anything to do with it -- I only have

> one

> > machine with SCSI but four machines with the exact same problem.
> > Can't burn the files to CD because one of them is pagefile.sys

> (greater

> > than 700 MB in and of itself) , another on is System Volume Information,

> and

> > another one is Recycler (e.g. the recycle bin). Those three are hidden
> > system files and active, so Windows won't allow me to do anything with

> them.

> >
> > As I mull it over I am wondering if it is related to Roxio EZ CD/DVD
> > Creatro 6 -- the only thing these four machines have in common is

Windows

> XP

> > Pro, CD burners, and Roxio. I don't believe it is a hardware issue --

> four

> > different mother boards, four different burners (the one for my lapatop

is

> > external USB v.2).
> >
> > So it has to be either Microsoft's implementation of Roxio's

software

> > in Windows XP, or Roxio Creator 6.
> >
> > steve