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Nul? - MysteryGuest - 04-16-2007
I have a strange little file called "nul" at the top level of my drive. No KB. Is it safe to delete it?
Re: Nul? - spearmint - 04-16-2007
null is zero.
Re: Nul? - raz - 04-16-2007
NULL may be zero, but NUL is the zero-th character in the ASCII character set.
It's likely safe to delete, but I'd ask
a) who owns it? if it's a user, then it's certainly safe to delete, and was likely the result of a bad installer
b) what does it matter? it's empty, and not taking up anything close to a significant amount of space. Heck, the browser cache file just grew more by your posting and reading the responses
Re: Nul? - JEBB - 04-16-2007
How about putting in the Trash and restarting to see if it makes any difference. Usually files in the trash are not usable but they are recoverable.