re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 4:44 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by ms (4 messages posted) Thanks for that data, I knew most of it but as you say, it could indicate a hidden issue. I have various process utilities, Autoruns has many entries but I see nothing unusual- being age 77, it could be there and I don't see it! Simpler task managers see only normal entries. Process Explorer 11.04- everything is normal. One other process utility, saw this: --- 1211 System Error 8/8/2009 05:54:45:AM Service Control Manager 0 7000 RET-XTEGJ7P1EV0 0 196 The HWiNFO32 Kernel Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the path specified. --- This is repeated in several events. Does this suggest anything? I install practically nothing, run a minimalist machine, but this is a OS reinstall over an existing install. The folder issue may date back to when the tech reinstalled W2K, IIRC. ms On Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 2:12 pm, C K wrote: >Just because you don't see anything running in the Task Manager, doesn't mean that >something isn't running. Have you ever used Process Explorer to look at what's running >in your system? Even then you may not see it all if something is stealthy enough. > The only way you might determine if something is really hiding, is to look at memory >usage, very, very carefully.. > >Think back to when you could delete normally and when you couldn't. What was installed >or what changes might have been done. I've had the same issues when a program I >was testing, made some changes to the system and they were not reversed when I uninstalled >it. This is bad programming and sloppy install/uninstall routines. In one case, >I went through and killed all services except what was running on a clean install >of Windows till I found the issue, but never did determine what was locking up the >delete operation since it was in one of the generic hosts. This has been a pain >in Windows since Win 95 and actually before that. > >If you can delete normally in Safe Mode, then there is a process somewhere that is >causing the issue whether it shows up or not, or your permissions were messed with >somehow by an application at one time. Whether you will ever find what happened >is anyones guess. Sad part here is that you may have to reinstall Windows clean >to get rid of it! I've been there more than once since I test software, and is why >I image my HDD's so that I can roll back to get rid of an issue or the leftover effects >of a program when I need to. There isn't always an obvious solution to this one >I'm afraid IME.. Written in response to: re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (C K: Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 2:12 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Can't delete a folder with subfolders (ms: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 3:37 pm) re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (DEX: Sat, Aug 15, 2009, 6:14 pm) re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (ms: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 8:24 am) re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (ms: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 12:34 pm) re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (C K: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 2:12 pm) re: Can't delete a folder with subfolders (ms: Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 4:44 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum