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Windows Folder is Huge-40 GB

Jan 22, 2011 8:01AM PST

My laptop was telling me that the disk space was low (C), so I started looking for any bloated files and saw that my Windows folder was at a whopping 40 GBs. The main culprit is a lone file, talking up nearly all of the 40GBS. It's called:

ocsetup_install_NetFx3.etl

I'm assuming this is a virus of some kind. What is going on here? What is this? Do I delete???

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Let us know
Jan 22, 2011 8:40PM PST
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an .etl file is a ETL file is a Windows Event Trace Log, ...
Jan 23, 2011 10:20AM PST

they include binary bytes regarding the problem as well as disc access and page faults.

Additional information for you:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264809.aspx

Since it is just a log file you can delete it.

Judging by the reported size did you have lots of problems getting .NET 3 installed?

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Sorry I posted before complete.
Jan 23, 2011 10:25AM PST