What is this "trace" file on my computer?

[Ronaldinho]

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone can tell me a little bit more about a certain file on my C: drive which is simply named "trace" with a file extension of ".ini"

It just seems a little strange to have a file on my computer that is named 'trace' and I have no idea how it got there. It says it was created on the 27th of January 2013, so I'm not sure why I haven't noticed it until recently (maybe I did and just didn't think much of it until now). Does anyone have any idea what this could be from? Should I be worried? And if no, then can I delete it?

I've scanned it with Microsoft Security Essentials and it said it was not a threat, but I just wanted to get other people's opinion first before I delete it...

Thanks

[mike20021969]

Open it in notepad.exe.

Is there any info in it?

Googling doesn't really shed much light on it:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=trace.ini+file

Rename it before deleting it. If there no effects, then delete it.

[Ronaldinho]

I opened it in notepad (that's what it opened in when i double-clicked it anyway), and all I got was this...

[TRACE]

[TreeTops]

Should be OK to delete it but rename it like Mike says just in case some program is calling it. But I doubt it.

[Ronaldinho]

Okay, I tried renaming it and windows told me that I need to provide administrator permission to rename this file. I am the administrator, but I thought I'd check with you guys first if i should still rename and/or delete it if windows needs an administrator's permission to do so...

Thanks

[Ronaldinho]

Does anyone know if this sounds like a suspicious file or not?

Please help...

[roma_turok]

Does anyone know if this sounds like a suspicious file or not?

Please help...

Probably some legit installation left file, the file also do not contain any information.
Also no virus exist that record information to trace.ini.

[Ronaldinho]

Does anyone know if this sounds like a suspicious file or not?

Please help...

Probably some legit installation left file, the file also do not contain any information.
Also no virus exist that record information to trace.ini.

okay, thanks very much

[Capmaster]

Sounds like a leftover installation file. Delete it

[Ronaldinho]

Sounds like a leftover installation file. Delete it

Thanks, Capmaster.

I'd actually forgotten all about the file until I saw your post here.

I will delete it now

[Capmaster]

Sounds like a leftover installation file. Delete it

Thanks, Capmaster.

I'd actually forgotten all about the file until I saw your post here.

I will delete it now

Cool.