Strange files adding themselves to folders in Bridge...

They all start with the following "aa" then they have another letter and 5 numbers. They vary in size and have no extension and I never noticed them till I installed CS4. Are they safe to delete?

Hi, Im going through a similar problem. Did you find a solution?? I need to find my files in Windows search bar.

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Can't open files in Camera Raw while in Bridge CS6

05/30/2014
Believe this issue/problem happened after automatic update from Adobe (but can't be sure).
Have always uploaded files from camera into Bridge then do some editing by opening JPEG and RAW (NEF) files in Camera Raw from Bridge.
Now, "Open in Camera Raw" is greyed out and I am unable to find a way to open files with Camera Raw from inside Bridge CS6. This seemed to happen suddenly and without any new software or applications being added to computer. All other apps/software working well.
Have tried various fixes found on Adobe community discussions without success. Problem now ongoing for over a week +.
Am able to open files in Photoshop with no problem but want to be able to do some quick edits using Camera Raw opening files from Bridge CS6.
I'm using Bridge CS6 Version 5.0.2.4. (as part of Adobe Creative Suite 6). Updater states I have most current version of Bridge installed.
I'm using an iMac computer with Intel Core i7 processor
OS X 10.8.5
Have found others with this same or very similar problems on forums but either can't understand patches/directions or unable to complete instructions on my computer.
for example see: Camera RAW update issue with Bridge CS6
From that link/discussion, one finds this "solution":
After you update to Camera Raw 8.4, Bridge CS6 in Mac OS doesn't display image metadata or allow you to edit images in Camera Raw.
To the top
Manually install the Camera Raw 8.4 plug-in.
Exit Adobe Bridge.
Download the file below.
Locate and double-click the downloaded file to decompress it. The resulting file is Camera Raw.plugin.
Navigate to the Macintosh HD folder.
Open the Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS6/File Formats folder.
IMPORTANT: Navigate to the root Library folder on your hard disk, not the Library folder under your user folder.
Copy the Camera Raw.plugin from step 3 into the File Formats folder.
IMPORTANT: This new file overwrites the file already in this folder. It's important that only one Camera Raw.plugin file is in this folder.
Open Adobe Bridge.
Camera Raw.plugin.zip
Mac OS Camera Raw 8.4 plug-in for manual installation
However, when I try the above, I have these issues:
1. When I double click on the downloaded file, my computer opens PhotoShop and an error message is displayed that states "Could not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognize this type of file." (I suspect this may mean my computer has automatically decompressed the file, but I am not certain of that).
2. Not completely certain I know how to "Navigate to the Macintosh HD folder" as suggested in step 4. above (OK, I'm new to Mac; long-time PC user….)
3. When I am in "Finder" and click on "GO" while holding down "Option" key, I find "Library". within that, I can find "Library/Application Support/Adobe" but there is no "Plug-Ins" folder within the "Adobe" subfolder.
4. Not sure how to tell if I am in the "root Library" on my hard disk vs. "Library under my user folder". (Again, new to Mac….)
I have NOT yet tried doing an "Uninstall" and then Re-installing the whole Adobe Creative Suite 6 and would like to avoid that if possible.
Would absolutely LOVE it if Adobe would simply push an update that would fix this problem or if someone would explain to me how I could restore the earlier version that worked perfectly for me.
Any help, suggestions (in very basic, simple terms that any idiot new to the world of Macintosh can understand) would be appreciated. Very frustrated with Adobe at the moment.
Mostly have liked the switch to Mac, but with this and my photo workflow coming to a screeching halt, having second thoughts. (But I suppose Adobe update for PC may cause problems as well.)
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.

05/30/2014
Literally minutes after I posted the above, I figured this out myself and now I'm a happy camper and things are back to normal!
Here was my error/issue: as a new Mac user, I was not negotiating/finding files on my hard drive correctly.
In case there are others out there with this same issue (and as dense as I apparently am ):
Here is what I did that resulted in a fix:
First Steps:
1. Quit/close Bridge
2. As noted in post above, go to this link to download Camera Raw Plugin file:
Camera RAW update issue with Bridge CS6
Link to get to download is near end of instructions, but I will attempt to insert that link to download here:
Camera Raw.plugin.zip
3. Once file has been downloaded, find it by using "Finder" Click on "Finder" and look on list of options on left side of Finder window to find "Downloads". On my computer, when clicking on "Finder" these options appear in the list at the left:
All My Files
Airdrop
Applications
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies
Music
Pictures
4. Download you just did should be at or near the top of your downloads list and should be named as "Camera Raw.plugin" and will be 83.5 MB in size
5. I right-clicked (two fingers on touchpad) to bring up drop down options and selected "Copy 'Camera Raw.plugin'" from that list to copy file.
Now, you have copied the plug in that will fix this issue. The second set of steps below will walk you through how to replace the file that is on your hard drive with this plug in file that you have copied.
Second set of steps (and this is where, as a new Mac user, I was confused initially)
1. Again, click on "Finder" on your Mac
2. On top of screen, find "GO" and click on that. (You should see "Finder" in the upper right corner of your screen, then "File, Edit, View, GO, Window, Help" Click on the GO
3. In drop down menu that appears, click on "Computer"
4. Then, double click on "Macintosh HD" to open your hard drive
5. Next, double click on "Library" folder to open that.
6. Next, click on "Application Support" folder to open that.
7. Then, double click on "Adobe" folder to open that.
8. Then, double click on "Plug Ins" folder to open that
9. Now, double click on "CS6" to open that folder.
10. Finally, double click on the "File Formats" folder that appears.
11. NOW, you should see this:
12. Right click (two finger press if using a touch pad) to open window with options. Select "Paste Item" by clicking on that option.
13. You will be prompted with an option to keep existing file OR replace the file. Choose "Replace" to past the new "Camera Raw.plugin" file to this folder.
Finally, if you now go back and open Bridge CS6, you should be good to go.
Hope that helps someone out there.
Hopefully future updates will from Adobe will be better.

All of a sudden (video) files added to my iTunes library after a certain date aren't playable on other devices.

hello!
All of a sudden I have a weird issue with playing video-files added to my iTunes library after a specific date.
This is the situation so far:
I encode the video for iTunes with the same settings for the last 3 years. I know these vids play on all my devices. AppleTV & iPad. All of a sudden videos added to my library after the 8th of september aren't playable on my AppleTV and iPad. I can play them directly in iTunes and by accessing them directly via the finder and quicktime.
The following errors occur:
When I pull the video from iTunes on my AppleTV.. the video simply doesn't play.
When I pull the video from iTunes on my iPad I get a message that the file can't be found.
When I push the video from iTunes to the AppleTV using airplay I get a message that there has occured an error while connecting to the AirPlay-device "Apple TV". The necesary file could not be found. In addition when the AppleTV is switched off it doesn't turn on doing this, suggesting that there is something missing on my mac itself.
All the above errors aren't popping up when I choose a video that has been put in my library before the 9th of september. Then everything works as expected.
This is what I tried:
Turning off and on home sharing on all devices including the mac.
Logging in wiht a different apple ID though using the same ID as before.
I created a new iTunes library and populated with a video that was added after the 8th of september and one that was added before the 9th of september. Surprisingly the older one played and not the newer one.. while they both used the same encoding settings. The new library was locally on my mac as my original library is on a NAS.
I encode my videos with Quicktime 7 Pro using the following settings:
H.264 (current frame rate, key-frames:automatic, re-order frames, automatic bitsize)
Medium Quality
Multi-pass
current resolution (which is always 1280 X 720)
AAC sound
44.100 kHz
128kbps
I'm using the Mountain lion 10.8.2 and iTunes 10.7 Mountain lion got updated a few days after 19th of september and iTunes i think as well. Both versions were released after this issue seemed to pop up.
I also have two video-files encoded on the same day with the same settings that dragged into the iTunes library on the 9th of september. One works.. the other doesn't.
So I wonder if there is somebody out there that can tell me what might have happened here and how I could fix this issue.
Thank you in advance.

Hi Seraphiel07.
I have a very similar issue. Hardware involved:
Apple MacMini (Mid 2011) - OSX 10.8.2. iTunes 10.7. Home Sharing enabled.
Apple TV (3rd Generation). Home Sharing (access) enabled.
Apple MacBook Pro (15" Mid-2009). OSX 10.8.2. iTunes 10.7. Home Sharing enabled.
Apple iPad 2 (Wifi only). iOS 6
Apple iPhone 4S. iOS 6
All connected through:
Apple Time Capsule 8.0211n (4th Gen)
I have an iTunes library on the MacBook Pro, shared over "Home Sharing" and another (duplicate content, different library name) iTunes library on my MacMini, which is also accessed through the Apple TV.
All software is current (as of Sep 26th).
All movies are iTunes purchases. 80 in total.
All files are purchased (and home shared) under one account.
My last two iTunes purchases both HD movies on 09/17/2012 and 09/05/2012 refuse to appear on any device accessing either of the two Libraries over Home Sharing. It should be noted that every other movie (the other 78) all show up and play correctly. I therefore know it is not an issue with connectivity, otherwise I would see zero movies available.
I have:
1. Removed all content from each Library and re-added
2. Upgraded the OS on the MacMini 10.8.2
3. Tested viewing the two missing movies on other Apple devices and no luck.
4. Turn home sharing on and off within iTunes and also on each device.
It would appear to me that the issue is with the files themselves, rather than the devices as different devices and different versions have been tested.
All comments welcome.

Copyright notice to all folders in Bridge CS4

Hello, everyone. I also posted this in the Bridge forum, but I think it belongs here.
I entered a copyright notice in the field, under Description, and was able to copy this metadata to all the images in the same folder.
I'm trying to understand how to place this copyright notice to all the other file folders within Bridge CS4, without having to enter it again, in that field.
How might I go about accomplishing that task?
Thanks.
Alan

You can use a Metadata template to append information.
I am not at my PS machine right now but the instructions are in the Help files.

Permissions in a folder are not applied to new files added by users over shared network

New files added to a shared folder do not inherit the permissions of the folder but rather retain the permissions of the user. Because the purpose of the folder on the network is to allow multiple users access to all the files (read and write), these new files cannot be accessed and editd by others.Is there a way to have the new files automatically inherit the folder permissons? I am aware of the "Apply to enclosed items " drop-down in the Get Info window but this is not practical given the number of new files that are produced and filed.
THanks,
JD

If it's the folder is on the boot drive then the only way to accomplish this is with a combination of groups and ACL's as far as I know. There may be other ways but this is the one I know.
You say the folder is on the network but is on the boot disk, how are you setting this up and are the users accessing this all from Mac's? And they all have accounts on this Mac?
In a nutshell you would setup a group that all the users needing to access the folder belong to and then setup the ACL on the fodder so that all member's of that group will have full permission to whatever is in the folder.
So first in Users&Groups create a group for this and add all the users who need access.
The do to the folder and change its group to the group you created and change its mode to 775 (or 770 if you don't want anyone else having even read access on the folder)
Then enter this
sudo chmod -R +a "GroupNameCreated allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,\
add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit" folderToChange
Now the weird thing is if you look at files in the folder they will appear to have the normal Unix mode of 644 but anyone in the group will have read, write and delete permission on the items in the folder.
I suggest you play with this on a test folder and seeing if it meets your needs before changing the working folder.
Also this will not change anything already in the folder it only applies to newly created files/folders
regards

Strange file in trash and it won't empty

I have a strange file in trash and it will not empty.
There is an alias file that has a strange name and a date of dec. 31, 1903. It will not go away when I empty. I put other files in the trash to see if they would be deleted and they do, but the other will not be deleted.
In the name of the file there is small characters that say "null" then õ's as well.
I took a few screen shots and posted them on photobucket, Take a look. Any suggestions or theories?
This is a first
Link is http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd228/pschmidt63/
phil

pschmidt63 wrote:
I have a strange file in trash and it will not empty.
There is an alias file that has a strange name and a date of dec. 31, 1903. It will not go away when I empty. I put other files in the trash to see if they would be deleted and they do, but the other will not be deleted.
On the Mac there are actually multiple Trashes. The user Trash ".Trash" in user's home folder, and multiple (depending on number of volumes in machine) ".Trashes" folder(s) one each in root of volume. In the ".Trashes" folder there can be a trash folder for the user.
It looks like you have a corrupted/illegal character file which you can't delete via the UI. Via the terminal you may be able to. But... you have to go to the "trash" where the file actually is - and it may not be in "~/.Trash". But in the Mac desktop you will see it in your Trash icon.
Have a look at my post here
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5864381#5864381
and the rest of the thread.
Get into Terminal and check your home trash folder, see if the file is there then go to the other trash folders ".Trashes" and look for it there and kill it with "sudo" command as shown in my other post here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5864569#5864569
*Can you let us know if this solves it for you* - as I am interested to know if this is definite fix.
Cheers

Strange File in Skype Process

Can Skype explain the presence of a file running as a process with a .tmp extension?
The file SKYDC1E.TMP is the file in question running out of the Windows\TEMP Directory.
Is this a legitimate Skype process?
Where one would expect the SKYPE executable to be the legit running process in its own directory.
It was detected by one of my security programs as a code injector.

pschmidt63 wrote:
I have a strange file in trash and it will not empty.
There is an alias file that has a strange name and a date of dec. 31, 1903. It will not go away when I empty. I put other files in the trash to see if they would be deleted and they do, but the other will not be deleted.
On the Mac there are actually multiple Trashes. The user Trash ".Trash" in user's home folder, and multiple (depending on number of volumes in machine) ".Trashes" folder(s) one each in root of volume. In the ".Trashes" folder there can be a trash folder for the user.
It looks like you have a corrupted/illegal character file which you can't delete via the UI. Via the terminal you may be able to. But... you have to go to the "trash" where the file actually is - and it may not be in "~/.Trash". But in the Mac desktop you will see it in your Trash icon.
Have a look at my post here
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5864381#5864381
and the rest of the thread.
Get into Terminal and check your home trash folder, see if the file is there then go to the other trash folders ".Trashes" and look for it there and kill it with "sudo" command as shown in my other post here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5864569#5864569
*Can you let us know if this solves it for you* - as I am interested to know if this is definite fix.
Cheers

Process Multiple Files Adding File Type as Part of Name

I'm using the "process multiple files" command to converts folders of tiff files to jpeg.
I routinely hide extension names of my files.
All my files are being converted with the ".tiff" extension added as part of the name, and I can find no way to prevent the process from adding this suffix.
So, for example, a tiff file I see as "Name" gets converted to jpeg as "Name.tiff"
So, if I then display the extension/file type on the new file, what I see is "Name.tiff.jpg"
Is there any way to prevent the process from adding ".tiff" to the end of each filename? I have a few thousand of these to do, and am not looking forward to manually deleting that suffix off each file.

Batch Rename:
You can rename original/input files or you can copy/move original files to output directory and rename the files in the output directory. For renaming, you can generate a name pattern for new names and the starting index for numbers.
Please be very carefully when you use rename and first test your options with dummy files; batch rename can be very powerful = dangerous! Using bad name pattern, combined with options like Move/Rename original/input files and/or Overwrite existing files, you can, under special circumstances, remove all input/original files! Please do not use these options, until you REALLY know what you are doing.
Hint:
If you want e.g. 3 digits in the new rename name, you must also write 3x "#" in the pattern!
Example:
Pattern image_### with start index 1 will produce file names "image_001", "image_002", etc.
Click on Set rename options to open a dialog for further options for the renaming process.
Check those you want to use, then click OK. To exit without making any selections, click Cancel.
Batch Conversion + Rename:
This option combines the normal Batch Conversion with Batch Rename. You can set the name pattern for the output files
The above is from the help file of Irfanview, a free program, which you can obtain here:
www.irfanview.com
This will rename in a pattern, but I don't know if this is suitable for your purpose.

Duplicate/phantom folders in Bridge

I'm having a little trouble believing this is a Bridge problem, but its the only place these show up, so...
Windows 7, 64-bit, CS6 13.0.1, LR4, Bridge 5.0.2.4
I do my organizing in Lightroom 4. And recently, I've reorganized some files in folders, and RENAMED folders in Lightroom. If you use Lightroom you're probably aware of how bothersome it is to resync everything, so it's easier just to do the fiddling and renaming there.
BUT, I still use Bridge for a variety of things.
Recently in Bridge (within the last couple days is the first time I've seen it), I'm getting sort-of duplicate folders in bridge. My image structure looks like
IMG_024_20070331 - so it's the 24th folder of images, and the date of the LAST image is 3/31/2007
If I reorganize and move files, I may rename the folder IMG_024_20070413 so it's STILL the 24th folder and the last image is now from 4/13/2007
Its a simple system and it makes it easy to find things when I'm searching 'cause I usually know the date or approximate date...
BUT, even though Windows Explorer KNOWS there's only 1 folder - IMG_024_20070413, as does Lightroom, xplorer2, and as near as I can tell, every other piece of software on the system,
Bridge, still shows IMG_024_20070331 as well as IMG_024_20070413...
I have a half dozen of these folders where Bridge is still showing the old folder as well as the renamed one...........
I've compacted cache. I've FLUSHED cache. I've rebooted and completely DELETED the entire fold structure on the partition that holds nothing BUT cache.
I've shutdown and restarted Bridge and pretty much everything else I can think of.
Is there somewhere that Bridge keeps additional information I need to delete? Is there something I need to refresh? And I've been renaming these folders intermittently for the last couple months. WHY is it only showing up now and only with the last few folders? The update checker SAYS I'm current at 5.0.2.4, but I don't know when it got updated...
What am I missing?

Workflow... A couple weeks ago I decided it was time to reload from scratch, so I re-installed Windows 7. Which meant re-installing Photoshop and all that stuff. Which meant it did all the updates.
I've been doing other stuff, so I'm not sure I've been in Bridge where I'd have noticed the problem in the last week or so, which is about how long I've had all the new installs up and running...
So, it's a brute force "fix", but I opened Bridge and dithe "reset your preferences" thing. Then immediately un-installed all the Photoshop stuff and re-installed all the Photoshop stuff. When I restarted Bridge I pointed the cache at a different partition......
I have NO idea WHICH thing fixed it, but no more phantom folders... Curt, your idea about workflow finally got me thinking WHY was I only seeing recent folders as phantoms rather than ALL the ones I'd fiddled with... And the ones I WAS seeing were all recent - in the last week or so. So WHY it'd make any difference I don't know, but it appears to be happy again. I'll try fiddling with stuff in Lightroom, make sure no new phantom folders show up, then if it's good I"ll point things back to the "cache" partition...
Thanks for your help...

Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?

I am trying to open files in Camera raw from Bridge but get the following message.
"Bridge's parent application is not active."
Both Bridge and CS5 are open and I have opened camera raw previously.
Any suggestions.
Cheers

Ah this is just because I haven't fully updated my bridge yet, but the solution still works fine
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:25:37 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?
    Re: Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?
    created by Noel Carboni in Adobe Camera Raw - View the full discussion
The video shows replacing a current DLL file with one from last year - the key issue being that the files found in the Bridge and Photoshop folders are DIFFERENT. Why would this be? I checked a PS CS5.1 installation myself and the files are already the same. Is there an illegitimate copy of Photoshop being used or something, causing these files to differ? -Noel
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Raw file thumbnail and preview problem in Bridge

When downloading raw files from my new Nikon D3, Bridge generates thumbnails that are a fixed size and the preview panel only shows a thumbnail as opposed to enlarging the image to fit the preview panel. Thumbnails and Preview still work fine with jpegs. My versions of CS3, Bridge and Version Cue are up to date, I believe.
Thanks...

Three things:
• You need to make sure you have updated to Photoshop 10.0.1, Bridge 2.1.1.9 and Camera Raw (ACR) 4.6.
• You need to purge the cache for the offending folders through the Tools menu in Bridge.
• You need the Bridge forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_macintosh?view=discussions&start=0#
Please post there if you need further Bridge help.
Raw files from the D300 are not supported by the old, obsolete version of ACR that gets installed by default by CS3. What you're seeing now is the embedded JPEG preview only, not the converted raw. That's why you have to upgrade to ACR 4.6

File Sharing and Public Folders

I'm trying to share iTunes files (and hopefully) other folders with the other user on my iMac. I placed my music in the public folder and (as far as I can tell) set it up to share. The other user still can't see or access the folders. Is there some file sharing secret I don't know?

The method described by David is how I have been sharing my iTunes music folder with other users on my Mac (with the iTunes library file remaining in my iTunes folder).
It works pretty well, but you do have to remember to occasionally tell iTunes to 'Add to Library', selecting the iTunes music folder in the Shared folder. This then updates the library so it will show new music added. The AppleScript "Super Remove Dead Tracks" is also useful - if you run it in all accounts accessing the shared music folder, it will keep iTunes database listing accurate.
However, i had read that any folder can now be made a share folder in Leopard. How is this done so that other users can access my iTunes music folder, reading and writing music to it? At the moment, i have used System Prefs to make the iTunes music folder (now temporarily moved back to its default location) a share folder. The problem is, there seems to be no way to see it from the other account…
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Strange file with name 0 and 0 kb size

Hi everyone.
I have a strange issue in Snow Leopard. In some folders there is a strange file called 0 with 0 kb size.
I have no idea what's this.
I deleted them, but they still appear.
Can anyone help me with this?
10x
Message was edited by: kaleanych

First, read Long File Names or odd characters cause problems
Read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
And #4 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558?tstart=0
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641?tstart=0
Second, manually rename a COPY of a file or two as file01.mpg file02.mpg and see what happens
The reason I say file01.mpg is your original had MPG in the file name

Hello, I have a strange file in my Users folder, named PortDetect.log I have no idea which app created it and it reappears when I delete it. Has anyone got the same file? Or know where it may originate from? Thanks in advance!

Hello,
I have a strange file in my Users folder, named PortDetect.log
I have no idea which app created it and it reappears when I delete it.
Has anyone got the same file? Or know where it may originate from?
Thanks in advance!

know where it may originate from?
The Huawei wireless modem driver.

I tried opening my Mac files to windows by using Macdriver 8, however upon opening the file my previous mac folders were converted to windows shortcuts and upon returning to my mac pc, all my folders has a .lnk file extension which I cannot open.

I tried opening my Mac files to windows by using Macdriver 8, however upon opening the file my previous mac folders were converted to windows shortcuts and upon returning to my mac pc, all my folders has a .lnk file extension which I cannot open. Need help very badly since the hard drive I use is the only back up I have for my very old pics. Thank you...

Backup with cloning software your HD to have an exact copy of it as it is.
Use this methodology to recover your partition.
Have fun,
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