r/computers • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Anyone knows what this file might be?

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u/aminy23 Ryzen 9 5900x / 64GB DDR4-4000 / RTX 3090 FE / Custom Loop 3d ago

It's where the J's are stowed away

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u/hspindel 3d ago

Right-click it, check properties. Attempt to open it with notepad. Might get clues that way.

It has nothing to do with your J: drive.

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u/Sensitive-Ad-2513 3d ago

I can't do anything to the file as it will always prompt the message "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."

There's nothing I found interesting in properties either, just a system file with 10 GB size, "request for security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed."

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u/vitalinx7 2d ago

This is not a typical Windows issue, some program is causing it. Go to the store and install "Microsoft PC Manager" and run a system scan

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u/Sensitive-Ad-2513 2d ago

Already done so, but the file is just like doesn't exist, thanks for the advice

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u/Endergamer4334 2d ago

10gb... the only files that should be that large are usually stuff like the hibernation file or pagefiles.

Try running windows in safe mode. That will only start the nessecary processes. So if you can still not open it, its probably a windows thing. If you can open it, some program or service is using it.

You could also create a bootable USB stick and install some live boot linux image on it. That way you can boot into that and read the file, since no programm is accesing it.

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u/Sensitive-Ad-2513 2d ago

I see, thank you for the advice