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Hi

Can anyone tell me what

As far as I know it is a settings file related to .mp3 players.

Hi Tomk,

Thanks for the reply. This file is on two external hard drives I have. They are both partitioned, some partitions have music and or videos on them, others don't have either, yet all partitions have this file. Was tidying up and just wondered whether I could/should delete it or not. In all cases the file is 1KB in size.

Thanks again for the help, much appreciated.
hedley

I have no personal experience with them, but I've heard of people who claim to have deleted them with no ill effects… however, I've also heard of them reappearing later.  I assume that they are being recreated at some point when music files are played. 

 

I do not believe they are nefarious, and they are so tiny that the space used is negligible.  Personally I would just leave them be, but ultimately it is your call.  I wish I had a more definitive answer for you.  Perhaps someone else will stop by with better information.