re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) Friday, July 12, 2002 at 12:56 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steven Don (2 messages posted) There are ways around this problem. The directories are being created (and held open) by WINLOGON.EXE. - Boot into safe mode. - Remove the offending directories. - Create a text file with the same name as the directory (make sure it no longer has the .txt extension). - From the command prompt, set the system and hidden attributes. (attrib +s +h "msn gaming zone") Because the files have the same name as the annoying directories, WINLOGON can't create or open directories with that name. If Windows has been set to hide protected operating system files (see Folder Options, view tab), you won't see the text files anymore. There must be a way to hack WINLOGON to prevent it from creating this worthless crud, but I haven't found it yet. Written in response to: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Mark Stephenson: Monday, December 3, 2001 at 2:16 am) Responses to this message: re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Adam: Sunday, July 21, 2002 at 8:49 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (SysAdmin: Saturday, August 10, 2002 at 4:11 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Mark Stephenson: Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 2:16 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Mark Stephenson: Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 2:43 am) Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Mark Stephenson: Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 2:50 am) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Michael Vanier: Fri, Feb 1, 2002, 6:09 am) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Andre: Fri, Feb 1, 2002, 7:22 am) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Phil: Wed, Feb 6, 2002, 10:24 am) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (roachfart: Wed, Feb 13, 2002, 1:38 pm) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (rav: Wed, Apr 14, 2004, 4:12 pm) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jeff: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 5:30 pm) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (bill: Thu, Jun 28, 2007, 7:27 pm) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (JK: Sun, Jun 22, 2003, 6:55 am) re: Possible Solution for those who come after me! re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Brian Bober: Thu, Sep 4, 2003, 10:21 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Gareth Lock: Mon, Feb 11, 2002, 4:24 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jason Andriulaitis: Sun, Feb 17, 2002, 9:49 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Daniel Waters: Mon, Feb 18, 2002, 10:45 am) HERE IS THE SOLUTION! (and it sucks) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Seth: Mon, Feb 18, 2002, 4:32 pm) The interesting thing... (fakeh: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 3:24 pm) re: HERE IS THE SOLUTION! (and it sucks) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (John: Sat, Sep 6, 2003, 9:43 am) A MUCH EASIER way to DELETE nwwia, xerox: (zardiw: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 5:17 pm) Simple effective and safe solution. (Gavin Sharp: Wed, Feb 4, 2004, 5:20 pm) re: Simple effective and safe solution. (Ben: Sat, Sep 11, 2004, 12:30 pm) re: Simple effective and safe solution. (Gavin Sharp: Sat, Sep 11, 2004, 4:00 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jason Andriulaitis: Tue, Feb 19, 2002, 8:10 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Charlie: Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 1:25 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Erik Ruggels: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 7:10 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jerry Bogrem: Sun, Mar 24, 2002, 7:03 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (miles: Sat, Mar 30, 2002, 12:44 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Nikhil Nawaz: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 3:06 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Tyler Hepworth: Tue, Apr 9, 2002, 6:52 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Rewind: Sat, Apr 13, 2002, 7:59 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jb: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 1:30 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Cap: Fri, Jun 21, 2002, 7:01 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Bejhan: Mon, Sep 2, 2002, 11:51 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Steven Don: Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 12:56 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Adam: Sun, Jul 21, 2002, 8:49 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Steven Don: Mon, Jul 22, 2002, 2:40 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (SysAdmin: Sat, Aug 10, 2002, 4:11 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Guy: Thu, Aug 29, 2002, 9:25 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Complexable: Fri, Aug 30, 2002, 5:52 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Bejhan: Tue, Sep 3, 2002, 7:15 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (shannon: Sat, Sep 7, 2002, 9:42 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (a solution) (Joseph Riesen: Thu, Oct 10, 2002, 6:19 pm) It works, but how? (Saul Stahlman: Sun, Oct 20, 2002, 12:25 pm) re: It works, but how? (Rob: Thu, Mar 27, 2003, 12:12 pm) re: It works, but how? (cobra: Sat, Apr 26, 2003, 8:16 am) re: It works, but how? (Brian Bober: Thu, Sep 4, 2003, 10:32 pm) re: It works, but how? (teacup: Thu, May 8, 2003, 9:16 pm) re: It works, but how? (PartieHonteuse: Sat, May 10, 2003, 10:15 am) re: It works, but how? (Brian Bober: Fri, Sep 5, 2003, 1:09 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Jeff adams: Sat, Jun 14, 2003, 2:07 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Scott: Fri, Jun 20, 2003, 12:57 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Rob: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 8:49 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Muratech: Fri, Aug 22, 2003, 6:08 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (Brian Bober: Thu, Sep 4, 2003, 10:17 pm) EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (zardiw: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 5:25 pm) Re; Deleting empty directories (Pippa: Fri, Sep 26, 2003, 2:35 pm) re: Re; Deleting empty directories (Darkestfieriest: Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 12:19 pm) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Damn Microflotz: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 5:42 am) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (John B: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:03 am) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Billy Girlardo: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:52 pm) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (joniaint: Mon, Apr 26, 2004, 8:19 am) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Rik: Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 7:15 pm) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Tony: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 6:58 am) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Alisa: Fri, May 7, 2004, 4:23 pm) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (LEDOUX: Thu, Jul 8, 2004, 12:13 am) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Carl Ruppert: Sun, Aug 8, 2004, 9:32 pm) re: EASY way to DELETE nwwia, xerox, etc. (Rich: Sun, Oct 31, 2004, 6:44 am) Simple, effective, solution. (Gavin Sharp: Wed, Feb 4, 2004, 5:18 pm) re: Simple, effective, solution. (Marco Coletti: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 10:47 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories (BigBlue: Wed, Dec 8, 2004, 10:08 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories - DONE! (Flemur13013: Fri, Sep 30, 2005, 9:47 am) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories - DONE! (Michelle Wilkins: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 8:04 pm) re: Deleting Ghost/Empty Directories - DONE! (Dori: Sat, Nov 12, 2005, 11:12 pm) No problems, it is gone!! (Urban: Mon, Apr 17, 2006, 10:44 am) re: No problems, it is gone!! (Roger Morris: Tue, Sep 19, 2006, 9:01 pm) re: No problems, it is gone!! (AlexI: Sun, Feb 11, 2007, 8:32 am) re: WARNING: Spyware of the worst kind. (Anon: Fri, Jun 30, 2006, 12:35 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 XP Discussion Forum