So looked at it again today. it is still 118 gbs ( far to large to open in notepad ). I will put up some screens of it for proof. I haven't used minion in a few months is the strange thing. since i last played eso around 4 months ago. so as far as i knew.. it was not running. but its doin something.
The interesting thing to me is that it shows as created 5/5/2014 and last accessed or modified 9/25 that's still only just the 4 months of use. Albeit nearly every day during that time. but nothing excessive i wouldn't say
Its not a big deal as i have a ridiculous amount of storage. so if you like... i can let it go for some time to see if it tops out.
trying to zip it up now. but says another 2 hours to go.
I tried to open it in notepad, notepad++ and word 2010 and no dice. sorry.
Here are a few screens you might want to see regarding it.
http://imgur.com/a/mJg84