Strange Folders in User/Library/Preferences

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Strange Folders in User/Library/Preferences

Looking for some input to what I should do with some odd folders in my Library/Preferences. While working within my Library/Preferences folder I discovered several folders with odd extensions. I have not the slightest clue what these folders represent. They are all empty folders; the extensions are as follows... each of the lines below represents the name of a folder:

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15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Other Hardware: iPhone 3G 3.0 -&- PowerBook G4 10.4.11

Posted on Dec 3, 2009 11:13 AM

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William-Boyd-Jr

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Dec 3, 2009 11:47 AM in response to Weejitz

Weejitz wrote:
Looking for some input to what I should do with some odd folders in my Library/Preferences. While working within my Library/Preferences folder I discovered several folders with odd extensions. I have not the slightest clue what these folders represent. They are all empty folders; the extensions are as follows... each of the lines below represents the name of a folder:

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You may find the answer here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070215095449325

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Weejitz Author

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Dec 3, 2009 12:01 PM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

Thanks - that description sounds plausible. I am definitely using Photoshop quite a bit, and I do have Epson peripherals (scanner, plus a separate printer). The only difference is that the post refers to the odd entries being logged in correspondence with the use of CS2. I'm using CS (prior version). Might not be a major difference... the individual who posted the initial explanation may not have been a user of the previous version, thus been unaware that CS is also involved with the logging anomaly.

Thanks for your sleuthing!

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Feb 9, 2010 11:20 AM in response to Weejitz

I was having a similar problem: an empty folder with a name with odd characters was created in my user Preferences every time I launched Photoshop Elements 4. The odd folder was created when the Photoshop application was "Building TWAIN menu items...". Since the Epson Scanner TWAIN driver was suggested as the problem in the link, I moved the file "/Library/Image Capture/TWAIN Data Sources/EPSON Perfection 3170.ds" to a different folder, and the problem went away. (I replaced the Epson scanner a couple of years ago, so I don't need the file in any case.)

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