MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase is a file in Windows\System Volume Information (a hidden folder). It seems to have been introduced with WinXP and has something to do with Indexing Services and System Restore. But just what it does has not been determined.
It is a zero byte file. MS declares it to be a System File. It is not a virus/trojan or other malware.

In my experience, after deleting the MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase file it is reinstalled upon a reboot. I have Googled it and found much discussion, but not what it does, how to make it stay deleted, or what will happen if I were to learn how. (Turning off System Restore may be one method, but I do not want to do that on a permanent basis.)

Now why do I care?
One of the main problems with this zero byte file is that some backup programs get hung up on it when I try to create a drive image. The drive image cannot be completed unless I delete MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase before starting the imaging program. And sometimes I must monitor throughout the imaging process that it has not been reinstalled in the SVI folder.

A very hairy discussion is posted here.
http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversio...hp/t24232.html
And here is the very lengthy Google list of references
http://www.google.com/search?q=Mount...n&start=0&sa=N (probably not worth reading many)

Does anyone know what MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase does? Strange that a zero byte file should be such a nuisance.