Re: Reappearing Program Files Folder

Those folders are on hundreds of millions of computers without causing any
problems. Only those who are clean freaks have a problem with them.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"PopS" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are trying to delete system protected files. If you could do it, so
could some hijacker who takes over your computer. Leave them alone!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Wilford" <mariognome@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently installed a fresh copy of windows XP home today, and I am
trying to clean out all the crap I don't want on the pc. Some stuff
that I tried to get off will not go away,and I have tried many things
to get rid of them. I have tried going into safe mode and deleteing
them, but they keep reappearing, I have tried to rename them, but the
original folder just reappears. I cannot delete them through regular
mode, since it says it's being used by something, yet nothing I know of
is using them. Even though I removed them through add/remove prgms>
add/remove windows components, they keep appearing. I've tried going
through msconfig, and nothing seems to allow me to delete them.

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these folders for good?



They are the following:
C:\Program Files\microsoft frontpage
C:\Program Files\movie maker
C:\Program Files\msn gaming zone
C:\Program Files\netmeeting
C:\Program Files\outlook express
C:\Program Files\xerox

I have none of these programs running, and the folders are all empty,
except for maybe one empty folder within.




Hmm, and I was just saying to myself, "Self, why -shouldn't- I be able to
delete them if I want to?" But, I'll buy that; good point!

I ass-u-me it's OK for those folders to contain no files though? I think
the OP claimed they were empty folders! No, not gonna test it to find
out<g>!

Pop




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