wcology Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 this folder just popped out of nowhere today. what created it? why can't I delete it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Vista creates it, and it's a default junction. Usually it's hidden - did you unhide it, or allow explorer to see hidden folders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcology Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 well i can still see it after making sure it does not show hidden files and folders. i donno what made it no longer hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Going to be almost impossible to say without auditing. It's not an abnormal folder (the allusersprofile is there, for example, amongst other things, so it's been there since you installed Vista), but it usually is hidden.Odd indeed. You could make it hidden again though, that'd be easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotuku Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 It probably has been there for a while. Open it and you will see which of your installed programs has its data stored in this folder (as opposed to the program executables in C:\program files).If it genuinely has just appeared, then you have installed a program that needs itAdobe, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Logitech, Roboform, Skype etc to name a few, all use this folder, hence you should not or cannot delete it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcology Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 ok i've hidden it but in the process there was an error saying access denied but i have admin rights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcology Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 and after i've hidden it my start menu went blank Xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleWing Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 All the times I have installed Vista, Ultimate or Premium it NEVERhidden. Maybe you need to visit Microsoft.com and learn some more about it. Learn if indeed if it is suppose to be hidden. I don't think so. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-Shadow-x Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yes it is suppose to be hidden, Its so people don't delete it. It holds registry files (for registering some programs) and a bunch of needed stuff. Right click the folder and click the 'make this folder hidden' box. Make sure you don't have 'show hidden files and folders' on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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