Access Denied on i386 Folder

[Jack]

I have a folder and its parent that appears to have been created on Sept. 3,
2004. The folders are called 24eaa5c7fe8989ce7ac5a30c3f and the child folder
is i386. I can try to delete the parent folder, that is Windows allows me to
select it and I click on the delete option and it fails because i386 has
some "access denied" property on it. I have tried to delete both folders in
Safe Mode via a DOS window and get the same access denied message.

Does anyone know, if these two folders are needed by Windows or is this some
trojan waiting to pounce? I have Mcafee Anti Virus, BitDefender and Spybot
loaded on the PC, but they haven't notified me of a problem.

 

[David H. Lipman]

That looks like a Service Pack installation directory. Probably WinXP SP2. You can delete
it. If you can't, logon as the administrator or using an account with administrative rights
and delete it.

--
Dave




| I have a folder and its parent that appears to have been created on Sept. 3,
| 2004. The folders are called 24eaa5c7fe8989ce7ac5a30c3f and the child folder
| is i386. I can try to delete the parent folder, that is Windows allows me to
| select it and I click on the delete option and it fails because i386 has
| some "access denied" property on it. I have tried to delete both folders in
| Safe Mode via a DOS window and get the same access denied message.
|
| Does anyone know, if these two folders are needed by Windows or is this some
| trojan waiting to pounce? I have Mcafee Anti Virus, BitDefender and Spybot
| loaded on the PC, but they haven't notified me of a problem.
|
|

 

[Jack]

That looks like a Service Pack installation directory. Probably WinXP SP2. You can delete
it. If you can't, logon as the administrator or using an account with administrative rights
and delete it.

Dave, I have administator privelege level, but still can't delete either
folder. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[David H. Lipman]

There is the possibility then this is a FAILED Service Pack installation and a file in that
directory is being used by the OS. If the drive is NTFS take ownership of the subdirectory
tree and see if you can delete the directory or see what file handle(s) is open in that
directory tree.

--
Dave




| | > That looks like a Service Pack installation directory. Probably WinXP
| SP2. You can delete
| > it. If you can't, logon as the administrator or using an account with
| administrative rights
| > and delete it.
| >
| > --
| > Dave
|
| Dave, I have administator privelege level, but still can't delete either
| folder. Thanks for the suggestion.
|
|