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A series of very strangely named folders have appeared in my username>Library> Preferences folder.
They are all empty but are named with various Greek and other characters. Is it safe to delete them and why are they appearing?
Thanks
Dave

Thanks Terence. I thought it was safe but it is always good to check. I don't know why it is doing this now as I've not seen it in the past.
Regards
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JoePrairies wrote:
That's funny -- I copy/pasted the .plist from TextEdit into the message; it was just a couple of upward arrow symbols. It seems I can't place them without it disappearing after posting the message. Here's a couple of links to the messages I get when I tried to open one of the .plist files in Plist Edit Pro:
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