Suspicious Folder Lurking in Control Panel

[Guest]

Yep--I've found another suspicious character lurking around in my
computer. Here's the deal:

It's in the Control Panel. A yellow folder, no name, and no action
taken when I click on it. Sits there as the first folder, right
before the Accessibility Options.

I searched my C-Drive for all files ending in *.cpl. There are 15
*.cpl files: There are 33 items (including the blank folder) visible
in the Control Panel.

What IS that blank folder doing there?

access.cpl
Adobe Gamma.cpl
appwiz.cpl
CMICNFG.CPL
desk.cpl
hdwwiz.cpl
igfxcpl.cpl
inetcpl.cpl
intl.cpl
irprops.cpl
joy.cpl
jpicpl32.cpl
main.cpl
mmsys.cpl
ncpa.cpl & ncpa.cpl.manifest
nusrmgr.cpl & nwc.cpl.manifest
odbccp32.cpl
powercfg.cpl
PROSetp.cpl
QuickTime.cpl
RAK3CPL.CPL
S3AUDIO.CPL
sapi.cpl & sapi.cpl.manifest
sysdm.cpl
telephon.cpl
timedate.cpl & wuaucpl.cpl.manifest

There are also three folders that seem to relate to Control Panel:
FOLDER-.CPL\x86_policy.7.0.Microsoft.Windows.CPlusPlusRuntime_6595b64144ccf1df_x-ww_a317e4b3\
7.0.10.0.cat
7.0.10.0.Policy

FOLDER-.CPL\x86_Microsoft.Windows.CPlusPlusRuntime_6595b64144ccf1df_7.0.10.0_x-ww_d8862ba3\
msvcirt.dll
msvcrt.dll

FOLDER-.CPL\x86_Microsoft.Windows.CPlusPlusRuntime_6595b64144ccf1df_7.0.0.0_x-ww_2726e76a\
msvcirt.dll
msvcrt.dll

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[Thorsten Matzner]

Yep--I've found another suspicious character lurking around in my
computer. Here's the deal:

It's in the Control Panel. A yellow folder, no name, and no action
taken when I click on it. Sits there as the first folder, right
before the Accessibility Options.

Check the Registry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace
for an invalid entry.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the great suggestion. I looked through there, and
it jogged my memory -- I installed a new version of TweakUI, and the
blank folder was it's feeble effort to show up in the Control Panel.
I ran one of Kelly's scripts, and viola, all is well.

Now I just have to figure out what's causing Windows Explorer to
black out a few times an hour.

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:23:46 +0200, Thorsten Matzner

|
|>Yep--I've found another suspicious character lurking around in my
|>computer. Here's the deal:
|>
|>It's in the Control Panel. A yellow folder, no name, and no action
|>taken when I click on it. Sits there as the first folder, right
|>before the Accessibility Options.
|
|Check the Registry at
|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace
|for an invalid entry.

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Thank you for the great suggestion.

You are welcome.