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Wierd folder

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  • 22-03-2004 2:19am
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    LastIrishMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 630 ✭✭✭


    I have WinXp and on my desktop a New Folder keeps appering for no reason its called New Folder theres nout in it and i can delete it but its very anoying the way it keeps appering and there anyway to solve this problem ? :(


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    #2
    ColmOT [MSFT]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ColmOT [MSFT]


    Update your virus signatures, and scan :)


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    LastIrishMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 630 ✭✭✭LastIrishMonkey


    im just keeping this post alive because the folder is really bugging me !:(


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,472 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Does it appear just after you delete it, just after you log on, when you run certain applications...?


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    ColmOT [MSFT]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ColmOT [MSFT]


    Have you tried

    DEL %filename% /F

    from a command prompt (cmd.exe)?

    This will force the deletion of a read-only file/folder.


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    LastIrishMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 630 ✭✭✭LastIrishMonkey


    well the folder keeps coming back everytime i delete it ! WIERD i try to find the location of where it was coming from but to no avail but i ran all the spyware catchers but they find nothing !


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If it's XP - don't forget that you can also inherit stuff from the Default user and All user profiles. And if you aren't an admin you might not have rights to see them.

    so right click start button and "explore all users" and go through each user one at a time...

    BTW: the location of profiles and user documents - office 95 / NT / win95 (depends on option in password in control panel) later versions of office 2K/XP - just keeps moving around every second version of windows or office - and that's before you take into account local policies or networking.. /RANT


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    LastIrishMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 630 ✭✭✭LastIrishMonkey


    Im the only User, I also gave the cmd line didnt work neither still comes back after about 50secs too 1 min its very wierd ! i dunno i try most things ! anyother ways to stop it from happenin ? :confused:


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    maybe there is some legitimate program running which has been set to create this folder all the time. I used to have a folder called "My Music" that kept appearing and eventually I figured out that it was some music playing app (I can't remember the name of it) that I had running in the background. It might be some program that you have configured to run all the time.

    KR


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