Solved HELP Me delete this Folder Please

[soundesciple]

Hi i have a folder that will not let me delete it, I have tried to change permissions but do not really know what I am doing

so any advice would help.

 

[Golden]

Errr......which folder?

 

[soundesciple]

I don't Know what it is it was originally somyhing like (p74jhg73f85hgh893h) but i tried to rename it to delete it so its now zzzzzz.

 

[Golden]

Post a screen capture image of this folder and its path in Windows Explorer.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[JonathanV]

Read this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/79699-undeletable-file-delete.html

And see if it helps.

 

[soundesciple]

This is some of the coding from the English folder.
all the folders Bar 1 are language folders.
the odd folders is an icon folder with only icons in it if that helps

The folder is also from an previous install, but located on a separate storage disk as I have just done a fresh install on a now disk if that's any help?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
-<Setup xmlns:ironman="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Setup/2008/01/im" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Setup/2008/01/im"> -<LocalizedData> -<Language>

 

[Golden]

Post a screen capture image - read the tutorial I linked on how to do that.

 

[soundesciple]

Snipping shots

 

[Golden]

When you did the 2nd fresh installation, was the disk with the original installation still connected to the motherboard?

 

[JonathanV]

well, It can be a virus. Some of the boot sector viruses behave like that. Boot sector viruses are very strong and not easy to detect. If it is a virus, you need to format your hard-disk completely.

Then reinstall Windows 7.

Download, install and Run full scan with Malwarebytes.

 

[soundesciple]

When you did the 2nd fresh installation, was the disk with the original installation still connected to the motherboard?

No. the new disk is an SSD so I removed all other drives before installing

 

[soundesciple]

well, it can be a virus. Some of the boot sector viruses behave like that. Boot sector viruses are very strong and not easy to detect. If it is a virus, you need to format your hard-disk completely.

then reinstall windows 7.

download, install and run full scan with malwarebytes.

 

[soundesciple]

Any more ideas, before i have to move 600gb of data off the disk before re- formatting it?

 

[Golden]

I think that folder is part of your previous installation. before we try to delete it, can you confirm that if you disconnect that drive, that your computer still boots up and operates normally?

 

[soundesciple]

Ok cheers Golden, I am at work now, I will try that soon as i get home.

 

[Golden]

OK. If it does, you can delete that folder safely - this was what I was wanting to check.

To delete it, there are a few options. Try this first :

1. Right-click on the folder, click Properties.
2. Now click the Security tab. Click the Edit button.
3. Select your user account name and then place a tick in Full Control.
4. Click Apply and OK to close the panel.

Now see if you can delete the folder. If not, post back and I'm sure someone will have an alternate suggestion.

 

[soundesciple]

To delete it, there are a few options. Try this first :

1. Right-click on the folder, click Properties.
2. Now click the Security tab. Click the Edit button.
3. Select your user account name and then place a tick in Full Control.
4. Click Apply and OK to close the panel.

Now see if you can delete the folder. If not, post back and I'm sure someone will have an alternate suggestion.

I think I have already tried this option and got an error pop up message, can't remember exactly what it said. I will post a screen shot later.

 

[gigagiggles]

Someone started a thread and posted a snapshot of similar folders (dot net). I also had them a few months back, more than likely Windows Update remnants. I removed them, but it was a hassle because of elevated permissions control embedded in a few of the files in the folders. I have not encountered any belated harm from their removal.

 

[bobafetthotmail]

A couple ideas:

- While it's not exactly something everyone has on hand (although hey, who does not have a friend with a mac nowadays?), what about using a non-windows computer like a mac or a linux live-cd/USB on your computer to delete such files.

Any non-windows OS isn't treating those folders and files as his precious treasure like windows OSs do.
For them, they are all the same businness. I already used my trusty Puppy linux USB to replace some OS files that were not accessible otherwise (and were causing issues), and it's a breeze after you figure out how its filemanager interface works .

-I had some longish-named undeletable files into folders and windows refused to delete them, a disk check found them as filesistem errors and removed them (It ran after a defrag I did for completely unrelated reasons).

 

[Jacee]

This may have to do with a driver that was downloaded.