Quicktime 6.5 Creates weird folder

[Zhoerd]

Does anybody know how to prevent the Folder "Ý" being created in de root of de drive from wich it is installed? My filemonitor just gives a Create Folder c:\Ý en then closes it.

The strange thing is that it doesn't contain anythin and you can just delete it.

Anybody?

[eirogge]

i had the same thing here but did not find out which installation created it. i always deleted the folder via my cleanup commandbatch but now i use quicktime alternative.

[Noise]

It's a quirk in Quicktimes installation. I have the same problem. eirogge do you still have that cmd file to delete this directory? I can't seem to get the correct extended ascii character for the Ý correct.

[JPamplin]

Yes, yes, I need that too! I keep trying various commands to do it in my batch file, and that darn folder is still there.

Please share the wealth!

JP

[bonedaddy]

@ All

just to let you know how I rid myself of the Y....

I install reg tweaks next to last, ATI Drivers are last.

the reg hack has a del QT icon in it, found on this site.

when I installed QT after the reg hack I got the Y

once I moved reg tweaks to next to last (after QT)

problem gone

Of cousre I don't install reg's from cmdlines and I'm

the only user so no big deal.

doggy bags have BONES

bonedaddy

[eirogge]

this is the cmd i used in my cleanup-batch:

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Ý\

no special ascii encoding needed. but as i mentioned above, i now use quicktime alternative from megacodecpack.com

[Noise]

I'm with JPamplin on this one boys. I can't get the RD command to recognize the Ý [alt+0221 / 0x0DD] character. This is definitely a glitch with the command interpreter.

[Noise]

OK - I think I figured out a workaround. For some reason the RD command won't recognize the C:\Ý directory. The trick is to MOVE this directory to another name first THEN delete it.

MOVE C:\Ý C:\XXX
RD /S /Q C:\XXX

Seemed to work for me. I'm doing an new build so I'll let you know if this doesnt work.

BTW: This can't delete directory problem ONLY occurs with Quicktime created C:\Ý directories. If you manually create the C:\Ý directory there is no problem using the RD command to delete it!

:newbie:

[JPamplin]

Ooh, good idea. I'll try that out. Thanks for the effort - hopefully we can make this irritant go away.

JP

[JPamplin]

Update: well, I tried that MOVE, RD trick, and... it didn't work. Perhaps we can do a REN instead of MOVE and delete the renamed folder?

I'll run another install cycle with that change and we'll see. There's GOT to be a way to get rid of this in a batch file. Hmph.

JP

[Arablover]

Could someone give me the method of installing Quicktime 6.5 from the main_batch bat file?

Cheers.

Jeremy