Anyone knows what are these files?

Discussion in 'Application Software' started by ian82, Apr 24, 2013.

  1. ian82

    ian82 MDL Expert

    Mar 7, 2012
    1,147
    303
    60
    #1 ian82, Apr 24, 2013
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  2. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

    Oct 7, 2010
    8,729
    6,728
    270
    #2 EFA11, Apr 24, 2013
    Last edited: Apr 24, 2013
  3. ian82

    ian82 MDL Expert

    Mar 7, 2012
    1,147
    303
    60
    #3 ian82, Apr 24, 2013 (OP)
    I didn't install something related to ADS?

    hmmm, might be something related I guess
     
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  4. NTX

    NTX Guest

    #4 NTX, Apr 24, 2013
    Last edited by a moderator: Apr 24, 2013
    I found some info in german.

    It mentions: installed a Sync-Tool for "Windows Mobile", XTNDconnect and sybase, does that mean anything to you?

    They would be log files.
     
  5. ian82

    ian82 MDL Expert

    Mar 7, 2012
    1,147
    303
    60
    #5 ian82, Apr 24, 2013 (OP)
    they don't mean anything to me unfortunately

    I use Dropbox though, hmmm

    if I edit the files with Notepad ++ all there is in there is NULNULNULNUL
     
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  6. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

    Oct 7, 2010
    8,729
    6,728
    270
    #6 EFA11, Apr 25, 2013
  7. pisthai

    pisthai Imperfect Human

    Jul 29, 2009
    7,060
    2,158
    240
    #7 pisthai, Apr 25, 2013
    Normally they are Error Log files related to:
    • ADT = AdvantageTable
    • ADI = Advantage Index
    • ADM = Advantage Memos
    Use ARC to read the log, open the ADS_ERR.ADT table
     
    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  8. LeaveMeABeg

    LeaveMeABeg MDL Novice

    Aug 25, 2013
    1
    0
    0
    #8 LeaveMeABeg, Aug 25, 2013
    Also found these files on my computer.
    Just opened "ads_err.adt" and found strings like;
    C:\Users\<MyUserName>\AppData\Local\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\XCPCSync.OEM\SyncSDK.209.601\Data\TransContract.adiI
    So in my case it was the Blackberry sync software from RIM (Research In Motion) that left those files.

    Deleted all RIM software recently anyway for obvious reasons... no more BB for me... :blowup: