What is compimeh.dat and can i delete it?

[Guest James]

Ok, chaps have had a few searches on the net but i have not been able to find an answer to this question..

What is compimeh.dat (in the Winwods directory)

it is 21Meg on my eten!!! i am sure its taking up more and more space...!

i am unable to delete it either... its locked. can anyone advise??

[Guest Neil5459]

Ok, chaps have had a few searches on the net but i have not been able to find an answer to this question..

What is compimeh.dat (in the Winwods directory)

it is 21Meg on my eten!!! i am sure its taking up more and more space...!

i am unable to delete it either... its locked. can anyone advise??

As far as I know, compimeh.dat is the Autocomplete dictionary for the SIP. 21MB sounds an awfully large file- have you been doing a lot of text entry, but allowing Autosave of unknown words? My compimeh.dat file is only 84KB.

Probably the best bet, if you don't mind starting your Autocomplete from scratch, is to restart in Safe Mode, then try to move the file to a safe place for restoring if necessary. If it's hooked to the OS even in Safe Mode, you may be able to rename it using Resco (compimeh.old or something!).Either way, then do a soft reset, and the system should start a new blank copy.

[Guest James]

Yep thsi is exactly what i did in the end (renamed, deleted and restarted), i have no idea why it got sooo big! as its only beem about a month since my last hard-reset...

i think its somthing to do with my outlook push mail... still investigating! ;)

[Guest Neil5459]

At least it's sorted ;)

One to keep an eye on though! I regularly run Tillanosoft Spacefinder to spot large files and folders- very small app, and free of charge too!

[Guest jimbouk]

I use the find large files in start, settings, system tab, memory.