Is it safe to delete prf*.tmp files in roaming profiles

Hi,

I found prf*.tmp files in user profiles, microsoft's kbase
explains the behavior(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328607 ).
Each of my user has 100 megs worth of prf*.tmp files in their profiles,
especially in their outlook or outlook express folder.

1) is it safe to delete the prf*.tmp as its hogging too much space in
my file server ?
2) is there any way to stop windows from creating those .tmp files to
save all the trouble?

The article you posted has some great issue on how to troubleshoot what is
causing their creation and (therefore) how to avoid them getting created in
the future.

If they are in your Outlook/Outlook express directories they are probably
from Outlook not releasing its PSTs/OSTs in time; if that's the case your
users could probably avoid their creation by just closing Outlook before
logging off...

And yes it's generally safe to delete them.

Regards,
Erik
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"mailvinod@gmail.com" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found prf*.tmp files in user profiles, microsoft's kbase
> explains the behavior(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328607 ).
> Each of my user has 100 megs worth of prf*.tmp files in their profiles,
> especially in their outlook or outlook express folder.
>
> 1) is it safe to delete the prf*.tmp as its hogging too much space in
> my file server ?
> 2) is there any way to stop windows from creating those .tmp files to
> save all the trouble?
>
>