tmp files in my iTunes folder

Using iTunes 7.7 in WinXP Pro. My "C:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes"
folder has a bunch of iT*.tmp files doing nothing but taking up space.

Earlier today, I deleted over 2400 of them dating back to April and
totaling 28 Gigabytes. Right now, there are 9 more taking up 141
megabytes.

What's going on here? Why isn't iTunes cleaning up after itself?

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Previously on misc.phone.mobile.iphone, Jeffrey Kaplan said:

> What's going on here? Why isn't iTunes cleaning up after itself?

So far, I've tried it with another computer login, I've tried deleting
the 'iTunes Library.itl' file and re-importing the 'iTunes Music
Library.xml' file per Apple Support and I've tried uninstalling/
reinstalling iTunes.

The other login appeared to work as it should. Neither the reinstall
nor the deletion/recreation of the library fixed anything.

So it's not the +install+ of iTunes, per se, but rather something in my
computer login profile.

This may or may not be a coincidence, but occasionally my wallpaper
will fail to load when I start my computer, and the wallpaper manager
will complain about a missing config file, and often my Logitech
keyboard/mouse driver will have corrupted settings.

I've also eliminated my antivirus as being the problem by turning it
off while using iTunes in such a way that the temp files are known to
be created.

Oh, and these temp files are copies of the "iTunes Music Library.xml"
file.

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol

Peter's Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, #177.
If a scientist with a beautiful and unmarried daughter refuses to work
for me, I will not hold her hostage. Instead, I will offer to pay for
her future wedding and her children's college tuition.