<file-name>

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\FileRenameOperations

Data typeRangeDefault value
REG_MULTI_SZ File names There is no default value for this entry.

Description

The <file-name> entry is a variable representing the entries under the FileRenameOperations subkey. It does not actually appear in the registry. This variable entry displays information which is common to the entries in the FileRenameOperations subkey.

The system adds this entry to the registry when a user or program tries to delete a file that is in use. The file name is stored in the value of this entry until the computer is restarted and then the file is deleted.

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The files identified by this entry are deleted before the system creates its paging files. This sequence allows the system to delete paging files from previous startups.