You must restart the Message Queuing service to cleanup message files (199312)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ) 1.0
- Microsoft Message Queuing 2.0
- Microsoft Message Queuing 3.0
This article was previously published under Q199312 SYMPTOMS The Microsoft Message Queuing message files accumulate and are only deleted when you
startup the Message Queuing service.
Note Microsoft Message Queuing is also known as MSMQ.CAUSE The Message Queuing service deletes all empty message files for
recoverable and transactional messages upon startup. Recoverable and
transactional message storage files are paired and are of the form Lnnnnnnn.MQ
and Pnnnnnnnn.MQ or Jnnnnnnn.MQ. For more details on storage directory files,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 174307 INFO: Interpreting File Names in the Storage Directory
If you do not restart the Message Queuing service, the disk storage usage remains at the
peak requirement since the last restart of the Message Queuing service. RESOLUTION The following fix installs a periodic cleanup of empty Message Queuing
message files. The default interval for cleanup is six hours. This interval can
be modified by a new registry key. To change the default interval, you must add
MessageCleanupInterval to the
registry. WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk. - Start Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
- Locate and select the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters
- From the Edit menu, click ADD VALUE.
- In the Value Name Field, type MessageCleanupInterval.
- In the Data Type Field, select REG_DWORD.
- For the data value, enter the desired interval in
milliseconds (for example, 3600000 (decimal) for one hour).
- Exit Registry Editor to save the changes.
The next time you restart the Message Queuing service, the new interval
will be used to cleanup empty message files. STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This
bug was corrected in Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4.
REFERENCES MSMQ Administrators Guide; topic: Message Delivery;
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/19/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbMSMQ100fix kbprb KB199312 |
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