Extra Directories

[Charles]

Apparently from updates or program installs I have seven off directories
added to my C drive with meaningless long names such as chtgs8uelumsksks.
Inside these directories are typically a subdirectory named update and
inside the subdirectory is a log files that says "CoSetUp: Entering CoSetUp:
Leaving"

Can I delete these directories? Why are they there?
Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Apparently from updates or program installs I have seven off
directories added to my C drive with meaningless long names such as
chtgs8uelumsksks. Inside these directories are typically a
subdirectory named update and inside the subdirectory is a log
files that says "CoSetUp: Entering CoSetUp: Leaving"

Can I delete these directories? Why are they there?

Reboot and delete them if you can.
Temporary directories that sometimes get left behind due to various reasons.

 

[JS]

These are temporary files and folders that some applications and Microsoft
updates fail to clean up (remove) after the installation process has
completed. They are safe to delete.

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

I wondered about this post because I have found some similar directories on
my E: drive

I found using dir under cmd to list the directories on E: a bit strange (it
didn'tl behave as usual) but I managed to get this result

Volume in drive E is Secondary Drive
Volume Serial Number is 101D-072D

Directory of E:\460673d8066b6c064cc8efc9029be6

14/03/2009 10:47 AM <DIR> .
14/03/2009 10:47 AM <DIR> ..
14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> amd64
14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> i386
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\460673d8066b6c064cc8efc9029be6\amd64

14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> .
14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> ..
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 147,456 filterpipelineprintproc.dll
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 10,929 msxpsdrv.cat
19/06/2008 03:33 PM 2,204 msxpsdrv.inf
19/06/2008 10:03 AM 73 msxpsinc.gpd
19/06/2008 03:33 PM 72 msxpsinc.ppd
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 748,032 mxdwdrv.dll
06/07/2008 04:36 PM 2,936,832 xpssvcs.dll
7 File(s) 3,845,598 bytes

Directory of E:\460673d8066b6c064cc8efc9029be6\i386

14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> .
14/03/2009 10:46 AM <DIR> ..
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 89,088 filterpipelineprintproc.dll
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 10,929 msxpsdrv.cat
19/06/2008 03:33 PM 2,204 msxpsdrv.inf
19/06/2008 10:03 AM 73 msxpsinc.gpd
19/06/2008 03:33 PM 72 msxpsinc.ppd
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 765,440 mxdwdrv.dll
06/07/2008 10:06 PM 1,676,288 xpssvcs.dll
7 File(s) 2,544,094 bytes

Total Files Listed:
14 File(s) 6,389,692 bytes
8 Dir(s) 222,107,078,

What would these be?
(I didn't put them there.)


I also found these files in MSOCache

Volume in drive E is Secondary Drive
Volume Serial Number is 101D-072D

Directory of E:\MSOCache

12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> All Users
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\MSOCache\All Users

12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> .
12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> ..
12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> 90000409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\MSOCache\All Users\90000409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9

12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> .
12/11/2008 01:56 PM <DIR> ..
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 30,137 O0561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 12,391,934 O1561403.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 1,740,699 PA561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 73,909 SKU017.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 14,446 YT561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 2,679,261 ZC561402.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 1,692,636 ZD561402.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 47,824 ZG561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 274,001 ZN561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 668,276 ZQ561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 441,429 ZS561401.CAB
12/11/2008 01:56 PM 456,846 ZY561401.CAB
12 File(s) 20,511,398 bytes

Total Files Listed:
12 File(s) 20,511,398 bytes
6 Dir(s) 222,107,078,656 bytes free

Can these be deleted ?

 

[Big_Al]

Trevor Lawrence said this on 4/29/2009 3:45 AM:

I wondered about this post because I have found some similar directories on
my E: drive

I found using dir under cmd to list the directories on E: a bit strange (it
didn'tl behave as usual) but I managed to get this result

<snip>

The amd64 and i386 combo folder has been noted alot on these boards.
IMO it seems to be some poor cleanup on a MS update.

The MSOCache folder is the MS Office updates. I have deleted it and had
no problems running office but I had an update that for some reason
wanted something out of the MSOCache folder. Since it was missing it
failed to do the update. It was years ago and ever since I just leave
it in. Its not that big. 1/2 gig on mine.

 

[JS]

The files are located on your E: drive because
a number of updates from Microsoft create
temporary folders and as part of the install process
your hard drives are scanned and the drive or partition
having the most free space is used to create the
temporary folder.

Now more specifically the AMD and I386 folders are
temporary files that .NET Framework Service Pack 1
failed to clean up (This happens as far as I know on all
computers when .NET 3.5 SP1 is installed)

For more information on this see:
"NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - Temporary Folder is not deleted"
http://www.pagestart.com/netframework35sp1error.html

The MSOCache is part of your MS Office install and
"IS NOT" a temporary folder, leave it on your PC or
you may find yourself being prompted to insert the
Office CD.

 

[Tim Meddick]

The first set of directories are okay to delete however, the MSOCache folder
is another matter. For instance, you are using the scanner tool and want to
use OCR (Optical Character Recognition to extract text form a scanned image
of a document). In that case, Office will ask if you want to 'install'
OCR>? and after answering 'yes' just goes to this MSOCache folder to install
it. But, if you have deleted the MSOCache folder then you WILL have to
provide the Office cd-rom in order to proceed with the installation. There
are many components of MS Office that are only available through further
installation procedures and most can be completed WITH the MSOCache being
still present.


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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.