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File as unique identifier Windows

Started bysumbuddy <sumbuddy@yahoo.com>
First post2022-12-26 03:52 +0000
Last post2023-01-22 01:39 +0000
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  File as unique identifier Windows sumbuddy <sumbuddy@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-26 03:52 +0000
    Re: File as unique identifier Windows Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2022-12-26 19:37 +0100
      Re: File as unique identifier Windows sumbuddy <sumbuddy@yahoo.com> - 2023-01-22 01:39 +0000

#6260 — File as unique identifier Windows

Fromsumbuddy <sumbuddy@yahoo.com>
Date2022-12-26 03:52 +0000
SubjectFile as unique identifier Windows
Message-ID<XnsAF7978D168A77sumbuddy1282sSSOMPLA@46.165.242.91>
Does anyone here know if this file uniquely identifies my windows laptop 
online? It cannot be deleted in the normal fashion. What is it's purpose?

C:\Windows\WinSxS\FileMap
\users_default_appdata_local_microsoft_windows_inetcookies_
706c81867N876542f.cdf-ms

thx for any replies.

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#6261

FromMarco Moock <mo01@posteo.de>
Date2022-12-26 19:37 +0100
Message-ID<tocpm2$3agkv$8@dont-email.me>
In reply to#6260
Am 26.12.2022 um 03:52:36 Uhr schrieb sumbuddy:

> Does anyone here know if this file uniquely identifies my windows
> laptop online? It cannot be deleted in the normal fashion. What is
> it's purpose?
> 
> C:\Windows\WinSxS\FileMap
> \users_default_appdata_local_microsoft_windows_inetcookies_
> 706c81867N876542f.cdf-ms
> 
> thx for any replies.

From the description it looks like it s a cookie, so it might uniquely
identify your machine.

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#6268

Fromsumbuddy <sumbuddy@yahoo.com>
Date2023-01-22 01:39 +0000
Message-ID<XnsAF94624D42CC5sumbuddy1282sSSOMPLA@46.165.242.91>
In reply to#6261
Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> wrote in news:tocpm2$3agkv$8@dont-email.me:

> Am 26.12.2022 um 03:52:36 Uhr schrieb sumbuddy:
> 
>> Does anyone here know if this file uniquely identifies my windows
>> laptop online? It cannot be deleted in the normal fashion. What is
>> it's purpose?
>> 
>> C:\Windows\WinSxS\FileMap
>> \users_default_appdata_local_microsoft_windows_inetcookies_
>> 706c81867N876542f.cdf-ms
>> 
>> thx for any replies.
> 
> From the description it looks like it s a cookie, so it might uniquely
> identify your machine.
> 
> 

Thx ur reply. It disappeared a day or so later so guessing it was a cookie, 
but I am not sure it's purpose. 

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