jason_guy13 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 (edited) Okay, I know that there should only be ONE csrss.exe in the system32 file, right? Well, I did a search of my PC and it came up with a few in winsxs and now one in windows]software distribtion\download... with file names like x86_microsoft-windows-csrss_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_58e3e3d7e415ae4cdo i delete these? or are there normal? Edited June 21, 2008 by jason_guy13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I got one in %SystemRoot%\system32 too, and one copy somewhere in the WinSxS store as well. As for the other in software distribtion\download, I'd be looking at it more closely (might be a patch or something, not sure). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snrub Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 WinSxs folder is the "side-by-side assemblies" store, owned by TrustedInstaller and you don't want to go deleting anything in there.The fact that TrustedInstaller owns it and even "Administrators" cannot write in there means that files you find in there shouldn't be suspect.There is a pretty good summary here: http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.htmlAs for the SoftwareDistribution folder, that's where the Windows Update client stores the files it downloads - I would only recommend clearing out this folder if you run into Windows Update problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_guy13 Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 thanks guys.so i formatted coz i worry too much lol. i just went into the task manager and 'performed administrative task', is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_guy13 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 okay thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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