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Old March 15th 14, 02:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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How do I remove directories that were created with numbers & letters?
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Old March 15th 14, 02:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 3/15/2014 8:21 AM, John Callaway wrote:
How do I remove directories that were created with numbers & letters?


It shouldn't be a problem. Although did you try to rename one and then
try to delete it? If that doesn't work, you have something else going on.

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Old March 15th 14, 03:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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John Callaway expressed precisely :
How do I remove directories that were created with numbers & letters?


they're probably files created during an update session and yes they
are tricky to delete. Although you may be the only user and the
"Administrator", you still must take ownership of them before you can
delete them

Try the instructions located he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

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Old March 15th 14, 10:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:21:44 -0400, John Callaway
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How do I remove directories that were created with numbers & letters?



You must be referring to all those folders with really stupid names that
consist of letters and numbers, and are really LONG. There are an awful
lot of them, but I would not have a clue which ones to remove, so I just
leave them. However I have found some empty ones. If they're empty, I
do remove them, because they're not doing anything.

 




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