Deleted Folder Keeps Reappearing

[magmike]

I have a folder on my desktop that just had two pictures in it, that
once no longer needed, I deleted. However, whenever I restart, the
folder with pictures inside reappears!

I've moved them to other folders, and again - it reappears after a
restart. I even deleted the folder with a supposed 'forever eraser'
program that supposedly overwrites the data a thousand billion times -
but, yes, you guessed it - it still reappears after a restart.

Anybody know the cure for this and could explain why this is
happening?

Thanks in advance!

magmike

 

[Peter Foldes]

Is it a protected folder

 

[magmike]

Is it a protected folder

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How would one go about unprotecting it?

PS: I created this folder and the files in it, so I'm not sure why it
would be protected - it's not a system file or anything.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I have a folder on my desktop that just had two pictures in it, that
once no longer needed, I deleted. However, whenever I restart, the
folder with pictures inside reappears!

I've moved them to other folders, and again - it reappears after a
restart. I even deleted the folder with a supposed 'forever eraser'
program that supposedly overwrites the data a thousand billion times -
but, yes, you guessed it - it still reappears after a restart.

Anybody know the cure for this and could explain why this is
happening?

Thanks in advance!

magmike

Try this.

Unlocker:
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

[magmike]

Try this.

Unlocker:http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
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I wish the unlocker program had worked - but it didn't! I think this
program is to unlock files that are locked because they are in use by
some process still running. However, that is not the case here. My
computer allows me to delete it. It just reappears after a start-up.

When I ran the unlocker, it told me it wasn't locked, but did give me
an option to delete the file and it did. But once again, after restart
- there it was again! I'm starting to think my computer is haunted.

Thanks anyway.

magmike

 

[John John (MVP)]

I wish the unlocker program had worked - but it didn't! I think this
program is to unlock files that are locked because they are in use by
some process still running. However, that is not the case here. My
computer allows me to delete it. It just reappears after a start-up.

When I ran the unlocker, it told me it wasn't locked, but did give me
an option to delete the file and it did. But once again, after restart
- there it was again! I'm starting to think my computer is haunted.

Does this happen if you logon as a different user? This is most likely
user specific, you should be able to use a machine startup script to
start FileMon or Process Monitor before you log on and then look at the
log file to see which process created the folder. Obviously a process
is creating the folder when Windows starts or when you log on, using a
tools like Filemon along with Autoruns may uncover the culprit.

John

 

[ju.c]

You must have a program that has that folder in its settings as a destination path,
therefore it is recreated at start-up.

If you can't think of the program that stored the location you could then search the
Registry and change the path to the Pictures folder, or delete it.


ju.c

 

[magmike]

You must have a program that has that folder in its settings as a destination path,
therefore it is recreated at start-up.

If you can't think of the program that stored the location you could thensearch the
Registry and change the path to the Pictures folder, or delete it.

ju.c







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This may work - I think I'll have to get with my administrator to be
able to run the filemon. However, I did search the registry for the
folder and filenames, and was not able to find anything other than an
MRU listing. I also did a painfully long search of all files
"containing" the folder and file names and came up with nothing. I
have uninstalled the program the files were initially downloaded with
(cell phone sync software) and that has not helped either. For the
meantime, I have created a script that deletes them every time I log
on to windows, just because. But i'll try again soon to see if I can
do away with the script and be done with this thing for good.

Thanks for your help.