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FPagain
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May 9, 2012
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What are the .heu and .swz files?

  • May 9, 2012
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and why do they stay in a folder??

Are these dangerous and can  they contain virus?

I thought I did a clean install ogf the latest adobe flash player, but there are items in this cased folder. maybe I did not do a clean install? If so can I just delete these files? Would there be negative consequences by deleting them?

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pwillener
pwillener
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May 10, 2012

What is your operating system, version & edition?

Where do you find these files?

[topic moved to the Installing forum]

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FPagainAuthor
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May 10, 2012

Vista Home Premium  32 bit Vista SP2

Found in

C:/Users/Me/AppData/Roaminh/Adobe/Flash/AssestCache/

Then some folder with random letters and numbers

chris.campbell
Community Manager
chris.campbellCommunity Manager
Community Manager
May 15, 2012

.heu files are Flash Player cache metadata files.  .swz is a signed Flash Player library file.  Both should be safe, but it can never hurt to run a virus scan on them.

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FPagainAuthor
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May 9, 2012

Moderators, can you move this to the installing flash player forum? this new format confused me and I would like my question in the installing forum. I don't want to double post. Thanks

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