odd folders........!

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ok give this a try and see

open task manager end explorer.exe

then file - new task - select that folder and delete it...

see it works or not...

after this write explorer in new process to start the explorer again...

telling this to you coz those explorer might be using that folder for some reason..

just give it a shot and see..

Deep
 
it_waaznt_me

it_waaznt_me

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Hmm.. Try shutting down PC Security before deleting that folder ... And you can safely disable the Dumprep entry from startup list ..
 
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indrajit

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Deep said:
ok give this a try and see

open task manager end explorer.exe

then file - new task - select that folder and delete it...

see it works or not...

after this write explorer in new process to start the explorer again...

telling this to you coz those explorer might be using that folder for some reason..

just give it a shot and see..

Deep
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Didn't work! :( :( :(

it_waaznt_me said:
Hmm.. Try shutting down PC Security before deleting that folder ... And you can safely disable the Dumprep entry from startup list ..
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Didn't work! :( :( :(
And btw, disabled dumprep....thanx batty!

Do I have any other option left than to format if I ever want to get rid of those folders? :cry:
 
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if the folders are not taking much of size then let it be there...
will try to find the solution in the mean time...

Regards
Deep
 
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indrajit

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Deep said:
if the folders are not taking much of size then let it be there...
will try to find the solution in the mean time...

Regards
Deep
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The properties of the folders show "0 bytes". So space is not a problem. Its just that the thought of there being somethin on my PC that I can't control is disturbing, if not irritating! I'll wait eagerly till any of you guyes can come up with a solution.
Thanx to all you guyes who took their time to try and help me!
 
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ok man..
give this a try...

change attributes of the folder and try...

current attribute might be read only and system..

so do this..

in command window write this..

attrib -r -s d:\foldername

this will remove attributes read only and system from the folder and then try to delete it

Regards
Deep
 
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indrajit

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@Deep: Same message :cry:

*img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/indrajit/error.jpg

sp1 happens to be the sub folder inside each of those three folders, if you didn't know that already.
 
busyanuj

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indrajit said:

Do I have any other option left than to format if I ever want to get rid of those folders? :cry:
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if your partition is FAT32, mount it in write mode from Linux (giving Linux write permission to the fat partition) and delete the folder from there.

NTFS will not give write access to Linux, so this solution won't work for NT file system.
 
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indrajit

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busyanuj said:
if your partition is FAT32, mount it in write mode from Linux (giving Linux write permission to the fat partition) and delete the folder from there.

NTFS will not give write access to Linux, so this solution won't work for NT file system.
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My file system is NTFS, and on this particular drive I'v got the "compess drives to save disk space" option on. So, if I try to convert back to FAT32 fille system I might risk losing important data. So, till I get the chance to back up this drive (9.76 GB), can't try out your suggestion.


beyondthegracefgod said:
Use spybot snd.In it u have a tool called secure shredder put the folder in it.It'll surely chop off ur problem.
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Secure Shredder works with files not folders. The folder I'm having problem with is inacccessible, so can't add its contents (if any) to the shredder's window!
 
Deep

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aww one more thing..

r u loggned in as admin ?

check it here...

start - run - control userpasswords2

advacned tab
advacned button under advanced user mgmt

see if administrator user is present or not..

if present then login using admin and delete it...

Deep
 
it_waaznt_me

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Hmm.. Weird problem .. Try Chkdsk on that disk .. If the folder have cross linked items it too dont get deleted ..

Or maybe that Windows DPF too from HijakThis ... You can install it again .. just remove it to test .. that v5 customer DPF ..
 
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gamefreak14

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I guess the problem has to be with bad sectors on your hard drive..Use nortons disk doctor / scandisk (advanced scan) and run a surface scan..might take an hour, bu it's worth it...Seems that they may be cross linked files/clusters...
 
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indrajit

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gamefreak14 said:
I guess the problem has to be with bad sectors on your hard drive..Use nortons disk doctor / scandisk (advanced scan) and run a surface scan..might take an hour, bu it's worth it...Seems that they may be cross linked files/clusters...
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Scandisk found no problems on the drive!

it_waaznt_me said:
Hmm.. Weird problem .. Try Chkdsk on that disk .. If the folder have cross linked items it too dont get deleted ..

Or maybe that Windows DPF too from HijakThis ... You can install it again .. just remove it to test .. that v5 customer DPF ..
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Tried chkdsk, but it too didn't find any abnormalities! And batty, didn't get the second part of your suggestion. Could you explain that Windows DPF part a bit?
 
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gamefreak14

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You said that you have enabled NTFS compression on the drive. Disable it, and then run scandisk. Those folders might be remnants of a failed compression, I guess.
 
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