Microsoft KB Archive/198754

= FIX: MSMQ Express Message Files Not Deleted =

Article ID: 198754

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2003

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Message Queue Server 1.0, when used with:  the hardware: DEC Alpha

 the hardware: Intel x86 

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This article was previously published under Q198754



SYMPTOMS
\MSMQ\Storage Directory accumulates Rnnnnnn.MQ files. Express message files are not deleted when the MSMQ service is restarted. Although these files are removed on normal shutdown, a crash or a power down might leave the files on disk. This causes disk storage space to be consumed and never released.



CAUSE
This is by design for debugging purposes.



RESOLUTION
The MSMQ Service now deletes all express message files. Express message storage files are of the form Rnnnnnnn.MQ. For more details on storage directory files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

174307 INFO: Interpreting File Names in the Storage Directory

All express messages are deleted by design when the MSMQ Service is started.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbmsmq100fix KB198754

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