"You're seeing sample MIDI files that are handy for a musician to have on hand to run a quick test of their setup."
If it bothers you to have 3 tiny electronic music files on your computer, then by all means delete them.
Windows "hidden" songs
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Anonymous
Hello, dear community! I write this post because I want to know what Windows uses the files "onestop.mid", "town.mid" and "flourish.mid", which are located in C:\Windows\Media.
This is nothing new, because the first time I discovered these files was doing a casual search on my PC, in 2018. What are these files for??
Thank you all!
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Anonymous
2022-01-15T00:29:57+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-01-15T00:03:40+00:00 That samples are the same as WinXP?
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Anonymous
2022-01-14T23:55:22+00:00 MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files have been around since Windows XP, if not earlier. MIDI is a music industry standard for connecting digital instruments with other digital devices like computers or tablets. You're seeing sample MIDI files that are handy for a musician to have on hand to run a quick test of their setup.
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Anonymous
2022-01-15T00:23:03+00:00 Ok, ok. But: Why Windows "need" this files? Or are only easter eggs?
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Anonymous
2022-01-15T00:14:10+00:00 That samples are the same as WinXP?
Those .midi samples were probably included in Windows XP as well, but I don't see why that would matter.