Re: amd64, i386?

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Jose,

Unlocler just tries to free up the file handles but wouldn't work if you don't have permission...

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"Jose" <jose_ease@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5ea53938-e6fa-4067-afc4-b011a9c74192@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Nov 15, 4:12 am, "Smirnoff" <some...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There were other folders in WE that had alpha/numeric characters, however,
none of them contained sub-folders. I looked at these and saw that each
contained a couple of old update files, I successfully deleted the folders
and files.

When I try to delete the ones containing the above sub-folders, I am told
that access is denied (either write protected or in use). If I go into
properties and uncheck the Read Only attribute and Apply, the system will
still not let me delete them.

"DL" <notva...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:utJtL$cZKHA.1652@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



> They are udate files from winupdate that were'nt removed after a reboot,
> just delete them (send to recycle)
> If you did a clean install nothing from the origonal installation will
> have been retained, thats why its called a clean install

> "Smirnoff" <some...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:ukRer5cZKHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> XP Pro, SP3, MSE

>> Probably a naive question but haven't really thought about it before.

>> When I am in Win Explorer, under Local Disk (C), there are 2 folders
>> listed with about 24 alpha/numeric characters. In each of these are 2
>> other folders, amd64 and i386.

>> None of these four sub-folders contain any data (0 Bytes).

>> 1. What are they for?

>> 2. Is it normal to have 2 versions of these? (the reason I ask this is
>> that I recently did a clean install and wonder if one relates to my old
>> settings).

When Windows installs some things, it creates a randomly named/
numbered temporary folder (20-25 characters I think) in the root drive
of the volume that contains the most free space. This is why the
often show up on the D drive.

In a perfect world, they would be removed when the installation is
complete, sometimes they are not.

If normal removal attempts fail, you can often remove them by booting
temporarily in Safe Mode.

Really stubborn ones can also be removed with third party tools like
Unlocker:

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Remove Unlocker when you are done if you don't need it.

If you want to go the take ownership approach here are instructions:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

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