FIX: MSMQ Express Message Files Not Deleted

• Microsoft Message Queue Server version 1.0
  on the following platforms: Alpha, x86

SYMPTOMS

\MSMQ\Storage Directory accumulates Rnnnnnn.MQ files. Express message files are not deleted when the MSMQ service is restarted. Although these files are removed on normal shutdown, a crash or a power down might leave the files on disk. This causes disk storage space to be consumed and never released.

CAUSE

This is by design for debugging purposes.

RESOLUTION

The MSMQ Service now deletes all express message files. Express message storage files are of the form Rnnnnnnn.MQ. For more details on storage directory files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q174307 INFO: Interpreting File Names in the Storage Directory

All express messages are deleted by design when the MSMQ Service is started.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.This bug was corrected in Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbMSMQ100fix 
Version           : winnt:1.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: January 21, 1999