BIT41.tmp in CohBeta folder won't delete
By
Caulderone,
Posted on: 2011-03-19 06:55 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I'll just quote what Tex has posted in other threads.
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Originally Posted by Tex
"Technical Issues & Bugs Discuss technical questions and/or bugs here! This is NOT a forum where official technical/QA support is available. To report a bug use the /bug command in game. For technical assistance email support@coh.com."
If you are looking for official technical/QA support for NCsoft Launcher, fill out a support ticket here: https://help.ncsoft.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4654 |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Just wondering, but whilst you were trying to do this *had* the NCsoft Launcher been running?|
Originally Posted by Caulderone
I had to do some rearranging for space purposes, so I deleted my test and beta folders.
Using the NCSoft Launcer, I initiated reinstall of Test. As per suggestions in a couple threads, I halted the install, copied the contents of my Live folder into the CohTest folder, and let the Launcer "fix" the install. The BIT41.tmp file (hidden) in the Test folder didn't delete on finish. It was sitting in the folder wasting ~3.7GB. I deleted it, and it stayed gone. I repeated this process on the Beta install. The BIT41.tmp once again didn't get removed and remained, bumping a program folder that should be a bit over 4GB to over 7GB. When I try to delete it, I get the message that the "file is in use" by some program or process. It turns out (yay, process viewer) to be in use by one of the svchost processes. I stopped the process and deleted it. It reappears on restart. I've tried deleting it in safe mode, and in safe mode from the command prompt. Having the Launcher run the consistency check doesn't make it let go. Anyone have an idea to make it go away for good? It's not necessary to run, and neither of the others has this file in it. And, my Beta install from before didn't have it. It's wasting 3.7GB of space on my HD. This process started because of space issues, so obviously I can't afford to waste this space. (Yes, a new, bigger HD is on my agenda. That suggestion won't help right now.) edit: Uninstalled Beta and CohBeta folder (with bit41.tmp only) remained, instead of going away. Attempting reinstall without copy/paste, to see if it will go away properly. |
Did you try to delete the file *after* a reboot and not launching the NCsoft launcher (ie set it to NOT load at boot under settings)?
It sounds similar to a couple of problems that I have had in the past, where Windows (for some reason) even after killing the "main process" still keeps the file locked away.
I have used a couple of file unlockers in the past when stuff like this has happened and they have helped out to delete a file without necessarily rebooting the PC before hand.
*edit* Also delete coh.checksum as well... without that being present, a new checksum will be generated, and if all files are present and correct, no new patch is generated.
Uninstall and reinstall with the full download (took forever) fixed the problem. Well, it still left a huge (3.x GB file), but I was able to delete it with no problem or error.
T_J: I didn't expect any Dev response in here. I know better. I was just seeing if anyone had experienced this and maybe had a quick fix I had overlooked. I knew tech support would want me to do the reinstall first, so I didn't want to contact them until after I had tried it.
Gangrel: The Launcher was closed during the copy and opened back up and it immediately went to "fixing". Once the fixing completed, I did the file check and then I exited out of it and went looking for the temp file since the Test version had left it.
It wouldn't delete. I played around a bit, and then restarted. Wouldn't delete. Tried it via DOS command line. Booted into safe mode with DOS prompt, deleted, restarted, and it was back. Found the service that was blocking delete, halted it, deleted, restarted. It was back.
It was a persistent little devil, I will say.
Anyway, I have resolved my annoyance to my satisfaction. If I didn't have such a space issue until my new (1TB) HD arrives, I probably wouldn't have even noticed it taking up the extra space.
Grats on getting it sorted.
Actually sounds like its a case of "must complete download/patching before I will let you touch this file"...
Bleah, that is annoying.
Next time it pops up, i will see if Unlocker will be able to nuke it for me
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Nowhere did I mention a Dev response. Tex's post that I quoted didn't mention it either.
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Originally Posted by Caulderone
T_J: I didn't expect any Dev response in here. I know better. I was just seeing if anyone had experienced this and maybe had a quick fix I had overlooked. I knew tech support would want me to do the reinstall first, so I didn't want to contact them until after I had tried it. |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
I had to do some rearranging for space purposes, so I deleted my test and beta folders.
Using the NCSoft Launcer, I initiated reinstall of Test. As per suggestions in a couple threads, I halted the install, copied the contents of my Live folder into the CohTest folder, and let the Launcer "fix" the install.
The BIT41.tmp file (hidden) in the Test folder didn't delete on finish. It was sitting in the folder wasting ~3.7GB. I deleted it, and it stayed gone.
I repeated this process on the Beta install. The BIT41.tmp once again didn't get removed and remained, bumping a program folder that should be a bit over 4GB to over 7GB.
When I try to delete it, I get the message that the "file is in use" by some program or process. It turns out (yay, process viewer) to be in use by one of the svchost processes.
I stopped the process and deleted it. It reappears on restart.
I've tried deleting it in safe mode, and in safe mode from the command prompt.
Having the Launcher run the consistency check doesn't make it let go.
Anyone have an idea to make it go away for good? It's not necessary to run, and neither of the others has this file in it. And, my Beta install from before didn't have it. It's wasting 3.7GB of space on my HD.
This process started because of space issues, so obviously I can't afford to waste this space.
(Yes, a new, bigger HD is on my agenda. That suggestion won't help right now.)
edit: Uninstalled Beta and CohBeta folder (with bit41.tmp only) remained, instead of going away. Attempting reinstall without copy/paste, to see if it will go away properly.