deleting a corrupt system folder

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Hal Davey

A nasty piece of Java development software (Morphon)
created under its folder, somehow, a copy of the
mydocuments folder.
I cannot delete this corrupt duplicate folder because the
system thinks it is a required system folder. I tried
renaming it and deleting to no avail. Any help on how to
delete this junk would be appreciated.
TIA,
Hal Davey
 
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Make another folder to put in, say SOB, or your initials
Put it in the folder and delete that folder.
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A nasty piece of Java development software (Morphon)
created under its folder, somehow, a copy of the
mydocuments folder.
I cannot delete this corrupt duplicate folder because the
system thinks it is a required system folder. I tried
renaming it and deleting to no avail. Any help on how to
delete this junk would be appreciated.
TIA,
Hal Davey
 
Tried that - it doesn't work either - it just tells me I
can't delete that folder either (because the corrupt one is
inside)
 
Is your filesystem fat32 or NTFS? If fat32, boot from a boot floppy and run
deltree on the directory. If NTFS, you'll have to get a utility from
systernals or install recovery console to do the same thing.
 
It's ntfs - and thanks Gerry
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Is your filesystem fat32 or NTFS? If fat32, boot from a boot floppy and run
deltree on the directory. If NTFS, you'll have to get a utility from
systernals or install recovery console to do the same thing.





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Gerry - which of the many sysinternals utilities would be
the best to remove that directory?
Thanks,
Hal
 
Have you tried removing the folder via the Command Prompt window?

The command RMDIR /S or RD /S is as powerful (and unforgiving) as the old DELTREE command. Use with great caution.

Enter "help rmdir" or "help rd" at the prompt for usage and syntax.
 
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