1000'S OF iT.TMP FILES IN ItUNES DIRECTORY! ???

Re: iTunes 7.6.1 & 7.6.2.. Windows XP, SP3
Aloha,
After having spent months adding my CD collection to iTunes--over 41 GB worth-- I discovered in the \My Documents\My Music\iTunes folder, right below the iTunes library files were 1000's of IT.tmp files totaling over 7 GB! I only saw this because I was sitting at my computer when it did a backup one night instead of leaving it alone.
I talked with iTunes Tech by phone..they hadn't a clue and just said to delete them, which I did. But iTunes is still doing it and does not delete them when the program closes!
Has anyone else had the same experience? Does anyone know why iTunes is doing this and...maybe...have a fix?
Thanks and Mahalo for your resposnes.
DRDRJAY
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

Aloha Katrina,
Ah Ha ! I must be slow late at night! The .tmp files are the iTunes Music Library.xml as it gets bigger!
I moved the .dll file for Uplayme into a backup folder, then launched iTunes and imported two cds..actually three..Sun Kil Moon's "April" has a short bonus disk. I only got two iT.tmp files, instead of one per track...a great improvement! I'll have to try it again when Ihave a bunch of new ones -- after my next Honolulu business trip. I may try fully uninstalling Uplayme and see what happens then, because it doesn't happen, as I said, on my other laptop with only iConcert Cal as a plugin.
I had thought the Uplayme plugin would be fun because it suppossedly links you to others who share your like sin Music but..alas..I just don't have the time for that sort of thing!
Thanks for your help,
DRDRJAY ( Jay )

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Subject:      Files Types .t and .temp and .tmp, are Saving Under /var/tmp
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     Last Revision Date:      28-JUL-2003      Status:      PUBLISHED
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Ah Ha ! I must be slow late at night! The .tmp files are the iTunes Music Library.xml as it gets bigger!
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DRDRJAY ( Jay )

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