Re: Hidden Directories, not empty, Virus created
From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 03/01/05
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:22:42 -0800
BrianMultiLanguage <BrianMultiLanguage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have a pc hit with virus and it's been cleaned BUT it left several hundred
> hidden directories ( \winnt\downloaded program files\* )I can not seem them
> in explorer but rather in a cmd window. I have cycled thru the windows
> explorer options but they still don't display. Any util or help is a big help
> to delete these dir's. Thanks
Downloaded Program Files is a special system folder, so Windows Explorer
displays it in a spacial view. To make the folder "normal" temporarily,
open cmd.exe and navigate to \Winnt\Downloaded Program Files. Remove the
hidden attribute from desktop.ini. the file that controls the special
view:
attrib -h desktop.ini
Now rename the file:
ren desktop.ini desktop.ono
Now open the folder in Windows Explorer and it will display as an ordinary
folder. After you've removed the trash, restore the original name of
desktop.ini and make it hidden again.
-- Gary L. Smith gls432@yahoo.com Columbus, Ohio
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