Getting Started: List of Files Used by the Program

# FILE LIST

Name | Description
Readme.txt | This file
Prime95.exe | The program to factor and run Lucas-Lehmer tests on Mersenne numbers
Prime95.chm | The help file in HTML help format
Whatsnew.txt | A list of new features in prime95.exe
Stress.txt | A discussion of issues relating to stress testing a computer
Undoc.txt | A list of formerly undocumented and unsupported features
Prime.ini | A file containing your preferences. The menu choices and dialog boxes are used to change your preferences
Local.ini | Like prime.ini, this file contains more preferences. The reason there are two files is discussed later
Worktodo.ini | A list of exponents the program will be factoring and/or Lucas-Lehmer testing.
Results.txt | Prime95.exe writes its results to this file
Prime.log | A text file listing all messages that have been sent to the PrimeNet server.
Prime.spl | A binary file of messages that have not yet been sent to the PrimeNet server.
pNNNNNNN & qNNNNNNN | Intermediate files produced by prime95.exe to resume computation where it left off
mNNNNNNN | Intermediate files produced during P-1 factoring