arcldr.exe and arcsetup.exe... What are they?

#1 Curley_Boy

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Posted 21 August 2002 - 01:47 AM

Can anyone tell me what arcldr.exe and arcsetup.exe are please, as I don't like unknown files sitting in the root of my c: drive.

#2 vern2

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Posted 21 August 2002 - 04:43 PM

They are system files, I could not tell exactelly what they do, but .....

They are talked about here....

http://content.techweb.com/winmag/columns/powerw2k/2000/36.htm
here...
http://www.techhowto.com/How_to/dual_boot/me2000_3.html
here...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q238359&
here...
http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci789606,00.html?FromTaxonomy=%2Fpr%2F5e3

and so on...

#3 Curley_Boy

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Posted 21 August 2002 - 08:15 PM

Thanks for the links, I think those files must have been left over from my ME/2000 dual boot setup.

#4 Four and Twenty

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Posted 21 August 2002 - 09:31 PM

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Can anyone tell me what arcldr.exe and arcsetup.exe are please, as I don't like unknown files sitting in the root of my c: drive.

I think that they are used to create the boot path or paths for your boot.ini file.

#5 wneubauer

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 12:44 AM

Arcldr.exe and arcsetup.exe are indeed used for dual booting, but only on an Alpha-architecture machine running the ARC (Advanced Risc Computing) console. Part of the ARC standard is identifying boot paths like multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0). These paths are identified in an Alpha machine's BIOS, or on an x86 machine's boot.ini file. You won't need the files on an Intel or AMD machine. I have NO IDEA why Win2k and XP install the files. It's not as if those operating systems could possibly run on an Alpha machine anyway... It's probably the same reason that Win2k's default install directory is /WINNT...