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What is AIVMFile and why are they creating themselves?

This was a question asked quite a long time ago but for anyone else seeking answers, here it is:


These LuckyX-AIVMFileXXXXXXXXXX files that you find populating your file directories are related Adobe Illustrator's temporary files. You can delete them without it affecting everything but if you have designated and are using a scratch disk, they will simply repopulate the next time you save, open a file or restart Illustrator.


They do take quite a chunk of file storage. Each file is about 16MB so in total, they take about 5-6GB of disk space. If this is your concern, I recommend changing your scratch disk to a drive other than your startup drive. You can do this by going into Edit>Preferences...>Plug-ins & Scratch Disks. By default, the Primary scratch disk is "Startup" which is your Local Drive and Secondary is "none". It should list all your drive choices by letter. Simply select something other than "Startup" from the dropdown list and you'll notice that in the base of that drive a new folder will be created called "AITEMP". This is now where your temp files will be saved.


They are NOT malware or ransomware .


Hope this helped anyone else wondering about this pesky waste of disk space.


iMac Pro

Posted on Jan 22, 2020 8:12 AM

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What is AIVMFile and why are they creating themselves?

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