4,095MB Wallpaper Stationery program???

Ok...I'm working on my PC's because I'm having some website connectivity issue and I find this program under Add or Remove Programs:

Name: Wallpaper Stationery
Size: 4,095.00MB!!!

Is that possible? Even my gigantic Quickbooks Pro program uses 895.00MB. This has to be an illegitimate program, doesn’t it?

When I click on the "Click here for support information" under Add or Remove Programs, all I get is:
Publisher: Microsoft Corp
Version: 1.0.0.0

I google searched it and can't find anything.

i think its somthing els why not try Your Uninstaller 2008 PRO ? see what this say. I dont know the program but 4gb for a program is very big

Do you think it would hurt to just remove it?

I'm tempted but only hesitate because it seems like a file that size must be critical to my PC operating properly. If not, it is a gigantic space hog.

I'd love to know what it is and how it got there.

Well...I would see if there is such program listed under Programs Installed.

Add/Remove Programs can have erroneous entries.

If there is such a program...since it's in Add/Remove and not listed with the Windows components...you could also do a search of your files, using something like TreeSize Pro Trial - http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/ to scan for large files.

Louis

It's a Microsoft product that allows you to create custom backgrounds for email messages. It looks like it might be part of Office.







http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...b2-159fbb797231

Looking at it on the MS site it says the download time is one minute @ 56K, could be either the reported size is wrong or it is being reported under the full office program size. Some thing is a bit odd!

To respond to 'hamluis' suggestion.....I did look under my "All Programs" list and there is nothing with this name or a similar name under that list. I also downloaded "TreeSize Pro" and ran it. TreeSize Pro is a neat program but it didn't give me any clues.

To respond to 'frankp316'.....when I did google Wallpaper Stationery Microsoft what I found was the following small-sized file which pales in comparison to the 4,095MB that I'm seeing on my Add/Remove list.

Quick Details
File Name: Wallppr.exe
Version: 98
Date Published: 3/30/1998
Language: English
Download Size: 264 KB

To respond to 'OldPhil'.....and anyone else....You know what? I don't think it is a coincidence that the file size shown on my Add/Remove Program (4,095MB) is almost exactly the same as calculation for the number of bytes in 4GB. 1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes....well 4 Gigabytes = 4,096 Megabytes. That's almost exactly the same file size of the file shown in my Add/Remove Program list.

I think the file just didn't totally install and is just being reported on my Add/Remove Program list incorrectly using a default number of bytes.

I'm going to step out on a limb and just remove the program...but first I gotta put the kids to bed...I'll report back with the results!

Well...I removed it using Add/Remove Programs (I'm running Windows XP Pro).....and all appears to be fine. I'll report back if anything goes haywire.

P.S. I read an article on Microsoft's website (Article ID #265265). This article refers to a different scenario than what I'm seeing, however it addresses the fact that Add/Remove Programs does not always list the actual disk space for the program listed.