re: Odd Folder on C: Drive Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) Sometimes you have to delete the files inside the folder to be able to delete the folder. On Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:02 pm, KAWill70 wrote: >I have an odd folder with a very long name on my C: drive. > >Name of folder: 064088153b474ba83213338878249a > >Properties shows 0 bytes in two subfolders which are named AMD64 and i386. > >Access is denied and I can't even look inside the subfolders. The subfolders are >Read Only and I cannot change that attribute. > >The two subfolders are dated 2/04/2009 11:00 PM. > >Do I need this folder? If not, how can I get rid of it? > >I booted Knoppix Linux and it shows each subfolder as having 7 files - dll and inf >files as I recall. > >Knoppix Konqueror was unable to delete the main folder. It complained about a dll >file. Maybe I should have tried a Terminal Window and logged in as Super User. > >Thanks, Kent Written in response to: Odd Folder on C: Drive (KAWill70: Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:02 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Odd Folder on C: Drive (KAWill70: Mon, May 18, 2009, 2:02 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (MartinM: Mon, May 18, 2009, 2:34 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (KAWill70: Mon, May 18, 2009, 3:21 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (MartinM: Tue, May 19, 2009, 2:08 am) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (KAWill70: Tue, May 19, 2009, 12:04 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (MartinM: Tue, May 19, 2009, 2:03 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (KAWill70: Tue, May 19, 2009, 2:24 pm) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (MartinM: Wed, May 20, 2009, 2:15 am) re: Odd Folder on C: Drive (alex: Mon, May 18, 2009, 2:43 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