I moved folders amd64 and i386 to another partition, later deleted them there and now have copies of 0 bytes in the trash who refuse to go away or to restore.
I found the folders containing these subfolders on my C:\ drive and thought I would move to another partition, because they are not referenced in the registry. Years later, I deleted those same files, then erased and then removed again from the trash.
But they refuse to go away... remaining as with attrib C 0 byte files. Does not restore. Trash has no security tab by which I could take control of these nuisances, and Unlocker does not work.
Any way to rebuild the trash or otherwise to clean? The files remain an embarrassing reminder of my foolishness, but otherwise my system is always very good.
See if this sounds like your situation and react accordingly:
When some programs (including Windows) installs things, it can create a temporary folder composed of 20-30 random letters and numbers or random numbers and letters in the root of the drive of the volume with more free space.
This explains why the records are sometimes on your C drive or any other drive - the most space?
For example, you can see a similar to or called folder:
D:\9470bb12e8a4f3447657236478e41c5
There may be other folders and files in this main temporary folder such as amd64 and i386 platforms.
They should normally be deleted when the installation is complete, but sometimes they are not - especially if the installation fails. They are harmless but annoying. You can think something is wrong when there are no or fear, that the files are really necessary. To avoid confusion, you can delete the temporary files.
If your installation has failed or the installation does not remove the folder to the random name when it finishes running again installation will be another folder at the random name.
You may be able to identify installation (out of curiosity) by looking at some of the contents of the folder and decide if this installation was not serious, just remove the files/folders. If the installation does not work for some reason, run again just installation will create a new temporary folder to the random name so the old temporary folder is really useless.
Records are sometimes tough to remove. Even if you are an administrator on the system, you might get a "sharing violation", "access denied", "used" or type similar message when you try to delete temporary folders. Facilities sometimes use different permissions that can have a regular user with the administrator group.
There are many methods to try to remove the folders, and some require third party programs to install or change some windows settings that could compromise the security of your system if you do not change them back when you're done.
Start your system in Mode safe mode (by pressing the F8 key several times just before XP attempts to load) is a good method to try to remove the files because it does not have to make any changes to your system configuration or by downloading third-party programs.
If Safe Mode does not work you can change the security of the folder when you start in Normal Mode to give your username full control over the files by navigating to it in Solution Explorer, click on tools, Folder Options, view and in the advanced settings window, uncheck (at the bottom of the list) use simple file sharing (recommended) and click OK. This disables him recommended simple file sharing on your computer if you want to turn it back on when you're done to make everything you do.
Right-click on the files of interest, click Properties and click the now visible security tab. Change the properties, but you need (for example, select your user name, and check the box to allow full control), click OK to apply the changes.
With usage share of active simple files (recommended) the checked the properties of the folder tabs are:
General, sharing, customize
With the use of sharing files simple disabled (recommended) box unchecked, the properties of the folder tabs are:
General, security, customize
Now, try to manipulate/delete the folder.
It's a good idea to go back to the Explorer and the cheque in the box easy to use sharing files (recommended) when you have finished making everything you do.
If none of the above works, try a popular third-party tool called Unlocker.
Unlocker can be downloaded here:
http://www.emptyloop.com/Unlocker/
If you use Unlocker, be sure to install because he wants to add a bunch of options, addons, shortcuts and other extras that you don't need.
You must add the shell extension so when you right click on the offending file, you will have a Unlocker option to choose. I would just install it long enough to clean up the leftovers and then, I usually just uninstall and all parts of it. You can always install it again another day if you like.
Unlocker can be uninstalled when you have finished using it.
Reboot when finished to ensure that boring records are really missing.
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