July 23, 200620 yr Just one example:If I check to remove "Microsoft Movie Maker" from the installation, Movie Maker isn't installed. But the [C:\Program Files\movie maker] folder *is* and if you try to delete this "Empty" folder, Windows has a cow!| Error Deleting File or Folder| Cannot delete movie maker: it is being used by another person or program.| Close any program that might be using the file and try again.But, of course, the "program" is Windows XP! Catch 22!I find no entry for the 'movie maker' folder in the Registry or in any .INF file. The folder 'appears' empty and isn't shown as a System folder. So, why is Windows XP having this cow, and how do I rid myself of this and all the other empty system folder Windows insists on creating?
July 23, 200620 yr i think you should look into editing txtsetup.sif - but test it in vmware because you probably have to try a few (Grinz evilly) times....
July 24, 200620 yr It's the SFC, disable SFC in the Patches page and nlite will automatically remove that folder.
July 26, 200620 yr Author Thank you nuhi. That was the missing incantation.Ya know, every time something like this happens to me I have the feeling I'm back playing Zork for the first time (i.e. "I know this will work if I can *just find the right words*.").
July 26, 200620 yr Hehe I never played Zork, seems like I missed something fun, just checking it on Wikipedia.
July 26, 200620 yr when i disable sfc, once in a great while a system file thats needed will get corrupted..dunno if anyone else has that problem but its quite a nuisance so now i keep sfc enabled unfortunatly
July 27, 200620 yr http://www.otbsw.com/Files/rmemp12.ziprmempty.exe C:will delete all empty folders in C:
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