Folders will not delete

craigmh

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I have a computer that's running Win XP. It's a fairly old desktop. I'm trying to go through and uninstall/delete unnecessary software and/or folders. The problem I'm having is the folders won't delete. At first they will, but when I reboot.....they're back. These are the lesser important folders (xerox, microsoft frontpage, etc.).

So far I been using Revo Uninstall and also I tried to unlock the folders then delete.....nothing.

It's not really that important, it's just bothering me.

Thanks,
Craig
 

My Computer

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Dell Inspiron 530
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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Craig might I suggest just for to try you run a sfc and a chkdsk in safe mode if necessary.

The other option is to go into the registry and look for the software keys and delete them there but do back up the registry before you do that. If things go belly up you can always merge back the registry entries
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html am not sure if it applicable to XP but would not be that different.

The type regedit in the Stat window > run as admin > go to the HKEYs LOCAL MACHINE and CURRENT USER open up the Software see my pic for just an example you must make sure you are on the software you want to get rid of and it must be done as admin controlled. If you are not sure please post back for help.
 

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