Can't Delete, Move, Rename Folder

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Skip - 20 Mar 2004 21:36 GMT

Windows 98 2nd. Edition - There is a folder in the
Windows Directory and also in the System Director that has
no name, just a control character. The folder is empty,
and has not information assosicated with it. Don't know
where it came from, and can't delete, move or rename it.
When Norton Anti-Virus runs it locks up the computer, so
this prompted me to look over the files to see why, and I
came accross this.
I have tried deleting in DOS, and have run Norton Disk
Doctor, and Scandisk. No luck removing these directories.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Bert Kinney - 21 Mar 2004 18:03 GMT

Hi Skip,

Several apps have been known to leave a "folder" in My Computer after
uninstalling.
It is a NameSpace item. Go to REGEDIT.EXE and the CLSID of the icon will be
under the key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycom
puter\
NameSpace\
The folder should be in this area and be obvious.
Delete the item when you are sure.
It is a good idea to export the \NameSpace\ key to a temp.reg file first to
be safe.

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> Windows 98 2nd. Edition - There is a folder in the
> Windows Directory and also in the System Director that has
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> Doctor, and Scandisk. No luck removing these directories.
> Any help would be appreciated.

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