how do i get rid of folder a microsoft Windows XP created ..

[miko]

Don't worry Jose I don't think Adam was trying to hurt your ego, I think he
was just giving thanks to the guys that fixed his problem.
After all, he never did say you said safe mode would fix it everytime


"Jose" wrote:

> On Aug 17, 8:49 pm, psyadam <psya...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Thankyou to Tom Willett and Jim for the suggestion of using the Unlocker
> > program. The Unlocker program was able to delete the folder for me. I did
> > try to log in as Administrator in Safe Mode first, however even that did not
> > allow me to delete the folder when I tried that. Anyways, Unlocker worked.
> > Thanks, guys.
>
> Like I said - Safe Mode sometimes works.
>
>

[supercatmonkey]

Thanks a million!! I had this same problem and deleting it in Safe Mode did
the trick. Changing admin privileges of the folder accomplished nothing, and
when I tried to download Unlocker I got a message saying it had been reported
to contain viruses! Anyway, this was driving me crazy and you conquered it -
thanks!

"Jose" wrote:

> On Aug 17, 9:55 am, psyadam <psya...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Over the weekend, after getting an OS update to my Windows XP, a folder
> > called f3e2792ea014a7a9c95fd55e has appeared on my C: with two subfolders:
> > amd64 and i386. In particular, there is a file in both the subfolders called
> > filterpipelineprintproc.dll that Windows won't let me delete. I know this
> > folder was just left over from the update and should be able to be deleted,
> > but so far my efforts to delete this folder have been fruitless. Can anyone
> > help? Thanks, ~Adam
>
> They are leftovers.
>
> Boot in Safe Mode and try to remove the files (sometimes works)
>
> Or try Unlocker:
>
> http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
>
> You can uninstall Unlocker when you are done.
>
> For "invalid" folders/filenames where Unlocker does not work:
>
> http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/
>