Thank you. This worked great. I appreciate your wisdom. Take care.

"Bink" wrote:
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> you can delete them with no problem at all...
>
> if they still come up ( I dont think they will but anyway)
>
> you can disable the service
>
> to find the service push the round vista start button and in the search type
> services.msc then run that
>
> that will open the services snap in, then find tthe one that says "messenger
> sharing folders USN journal reader" right click on it and select properies
> and disable
>
>
>
> "Steve T" <SteveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C59B2CFF-2DAA-4738-84C8-253D395493C3@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I opened messenger and removed the check in the sharing folder option. I
> >did
> > not find the services snap it in control panel. Can I delete the sqm
> > files
> > safely?
> >
> > "Bink" wrote:
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> >> its from live messenger shared folder service...
> >>
> >> You can turn off the shared folders if you dont use that feature from the
> >> messenger options or from the services snap it (from control panel)
> >>
> >> now dont ask me why they made it so stupid.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Steve T" <SteveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:76B7EC54-EED8-4FC5-BBB2-52A5F9A56EF3@microsoft.com...
> >> > What are *.sqm files in root directory? The dates range from 1st boot
> >> > to
> >> > current. Should these be left alone or can they be deleted. I have
> >> > tried
> >> > to
> >> > view the contents of the files but it is in computer language, not
> >> > english.
> >>
> >>
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