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A Deleted Folder keeps recreating
Dear all,
I have Windows Vista Home Premium. A weird problem is being faced. I had created a folder in my Documents folder, and after I had finished with it, I deleted it. But it refuses to stay deleted, It keeps recreating itself every time I start the machine. I just can't figure out what is happening. I first thought it might be malware of some sort and I scanned my computer with Norton, Ad-Aware and Spybot search and Destroy and did not turn up anything more than cookie trackers. It appears to be this particular folder. I have deleted others and they do stay deleted. I do not find anything significantly different in the folder properties. Any advice appreciated on how I can delete this folder once and for all. Thanks and Regards Harish |
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A Deleted Folder keeps recreating
Samthesudden wrote:
Dear all, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. A weird problem is being faced. I had created a folder in my Documents folder, and after I had finished with it, I deleted it. But it refuses to stay deleted, It keeps recreating itself every time I start the machine. I just can't figure out what is happening. I first thought it might be malware of some sort and I scanned my computer with Norton, Ad-Aware and Spybot search and Destroy and did not turn up anything more than cookie trackers. It appears to be this particular folder. I have deleted others and they do stay deleted. I do not find anything significantly different in the folder properties. What happens if you rename the folder and then delete it? Make sure it is empty first, deleting contents first. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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A Deleted Folder keeps recreating
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http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fileshredder2.html Samthesudden wrote: Dear all, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. A weird problem is being faced. I had created a folder in my Documents folder, and after I had finished with it, I deleted it. But it refuses to stay deleted, It keeps recreating itself every time I start the machine. I just can't figure out what is happening. I first thought it might be malware of some sort and I scanned my computer with Norton, Ad-Aware and Spybot search and Destroy and did not turn up anything more than cookie trackers. It appears to be this particular folder. I have deleted others and they do stay deleted. I do not find anything significantly different in the folder properties. Any advice appreciated on how I can delete this folder once and for all. Thanks and Regards Harish |
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A Deleted Folder keeps recreating
Dear Bob and Malke,
Thank you for your suggestions. I finally figured out what was happening, by accident. I had saved that folder as the default download location in Google Chrome, and whenever I deleted, it kept getting recreated after a while. or when I restarted the machine. Now, I have removed that folder from there. That problem is solved now. It had me worried for a while, as the last time I had this kind of problem it turned out to be the rapidblaster trojan. Thanks and Regards Harish "Bob" nowhere@nowhere/net wrote in message ... If all else fails try this freebie: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fileshredder2.html Samthesudden wrote: Dear all, I have Windows Vista Home Premium. A weird problem is being faced. I had created a folder in my Documents folder, and after I had finished with it, I deleted it. But it refuses to stay deleted, It keeps recreating itself every time I start the machine. I just can't figure out what is happening. I first thought it might be malware of some sort and I scanned my computer with Norton, Ad-Aware and Spybot search and Destroy and did not turn up anything more than cookie trackers. It appears to be this particular folder. I have deleted others and they do stay deleted. I do not find anything significantly different in the folder properties. Any advice appreciated on how I can delete this folder once and for all. Thanks and Regards Harish |
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A Deleted Folder keeps recreating
Samthesudden wrote:
Dear Bob and Malke, Thank you for your suggestions. I finally figured out what was happening, by accident. I had saved that folder as the default download location in Google Chrome, and whenever I deleted, it kept getting recreated after a while. or when I restarted the machine. Now, I have removed that folder from there. That problem is solved now. It had me worried for a while, as the last time I had this kind of problem it turned out to be the rapidblaster trojan. Wow, I never would have thought of that. I'm glad you figured it out. Thanks for taking the time to let us know the solution. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |