Deleting Default MS Folders

[Jim]

I never use some of the MS default folders in XPHome.
However, each time I uninstall or delete one, they
magically reappear.
These pesky folders are: microsoft frontpage, ms gaming
zone, and net meeting.
Has anyone deleted these successfully?

Jim

[David Candy]

Can't be done. There can be files installed in those directories, =
depending on install options, so they are being monitored by Windows =
File Protection. The way WFP works means when it initialises it creates =
the folder and holds the folder open, like a file. It looks for any file =
operations that match a list of filenames.

WFP can't be turned off unless you conect an external computer (a =
debugger) to you computer and set arcane registry keys.

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"Jim" > wrote in message =
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> I never use some of the MS default folders in XPHome. =20
> However, each time I uninstall or delete one, they=20
> magically reappear. =20
> These pesky folders are: microsoft frontpage, ms gaming=20
> zone, and net meeting. =20
> Has anyone deleted these successfully?
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> Jim
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Thanks, another Gates incurable curse.


>-----Original Message-----
>Can't be done. There can be files installed in those
directories, depending on install options, so they are
being monitored by Windows File Protection. The way WFP
works means when it initialises it creates the folder and
holds the folder open, like a file. It looks for any file
operations that match a list of filenames.
>
>WFP can't be turned off unless you conect an external
computer (a debugger) to you computer and set arcane
registry keys.
>
>--
>http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
>http://www.sharpword.com/fascism.htm
>---------------------------------------------------------
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>David Candy
>http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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>"Jim" > wrote in message
...
>> I never use some of the MS default folders in XPHome.
>> However, each time I uninstall or delete one, they
>> magically reappear.
>> These pesky folders are: microsoft frontpage, ms
gaming
>> zone, and net meeting.
>> Has anyone deleted these successfully?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
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