Downloaded Program Files objects show NO Dependency Files

[gassyal]

Environment: Compaq R4000 laptop running MS Windows XP Home with an
AMD 64 (3200+) processor

Hi group:

I have 27 objects in my Downloaded Program Files folder and if I look
at the Dependency tab of their Properties, they ALL show "damaged" and
don't list any file names. All of the object show as "installed" in
Windows Explorer.

If I look at the folder thru the Command Prompt and run the DIR
command, lots of different files appear there.

Normally when I right click any of the objects, I would get three
choices: Upgrade, Remove or Properties.

Tonight, I ran the Trend Micro TrendSecure HouseCall anti-virus and
anti-spyware program on the laptop and in the beginning of this
process, another ActiveX object was downloaded into the folder.

After the scanning was done (results were clean, by the way), I looked
at the new object from Trend Micro in the folder and it's Dependency
Tab showed "damaged;" just like the other objects in the folder.

Also, now when I right click any of the objects, I only get two
choices: Remove or Properties. The Upgrade option in now gone?

I'm wondering if in fact there's really nothing wrong with the objects
at all but the problem may lie in the viewing of the object properties
thru some utility that runs in Microsoft Windows XP....or perhaps
there's a Registry problem relating to how the Properties is viewed in
Windows Explorer.

I've thought about removing all the objects and observing them as they
repopulate the folder over time....but I suspect this may not be a
proper approach to this problem.

I look forward to your suggestions on this matter.

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Downloaded Program Files are ActiveX controls and Java applets downloaded
automatically from the Internet when you view certain pages. They are
temporarily stored in the Downloaded Program Files folder on your hard
disk.

Downloaded Program Files is a Hidden folder.

Internet Explorer | Tools | Internet Options |
General tab | Settings button | View Objects button |
Opens the C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files folder.

So does typing or pasting...
C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files
into Start | Run

Status displays whether the control is installed, damaged, or unplugged.
Damaged means that one or more of the dependency files has been deleted.
Unplugged means that an installation program has registered the .ocx file in
a location different from where the code download installed it.

Unless you have AutoCAD, there is nothing in Downloaded Program Files that
cannot be replaced simply by visiting the web page that you downloaded it
from in the first place. A Damaged DPF does no good what so ever. Remove
it. Half of what is in there is probably spyware anyway.

<quote>
By optimizing Internet Explorer, you can clear old files and settings that
may be causing conflicts and may be preventing you from connecting to the
Internet. To optimize Internet Explorer, follow these steps:
In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
Click the General tab.
Click Settings.
Click View Objects.
Click View, and then click Details.
If Damaged appears in the Status column for any program file, remove that
program file.
Close the Downloaded Program Files dialog box.
In the Settings dialog box, click OK.
<quote>
from...
Error message when you try to access a Web site in Internet Explorer: "Page
Cannot Be Displayed"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326155

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[gassyal]

Hi Wesley Vogel:

Thanks for your posting.

Everything that you posted looked very familiar to me as I did a
search at the Microsoft Support website on this subject.

But, I came up with "nothing" that meets the following scenario:

1. The DPFs are shown as Installed in the computer;

2. yet, when you view their Properties Dependency Tabs, they all say
"damaged" and don't list any files.

How could ALL these files (even a new one which I downloaded when I
chatted with HP about a different matter) came up that way?

There's got to be something else happening here in my laptop.

Do you have any other suggestions?

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Damaged means that one or more of the dependency files has been deleted.

Remove them.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Lester Stiefel]

Damaged means that one or more of the dependency files has been deleted.

Remove them.

Before you remove (delete) them see if there's enough info
available about the file to determine where it came from
(what program it is - what vendor). They can sometimes be
legitimate ActiveX modules (adobe, Microsoft, etc). If these
are from an unknown or unheard of source, than , by all
means, delete them.

--
Lester Stiefel
In 2 Timothy 3:1-7, there is a list of the qualities that
Unregenerate man will have in the last days. Is your quality
found there? If So, don't despair - Christ came to save His
people.

 

[gassyal]

Hi Lester Stiefel & Wesley Vogel:

I took a screen print of the files and uploaded them to my Charter
Communications website. You can look at them at the URL:

http://webpages.charter.net/aldg/Miscellaneous/DL Pgm Files/DL Pgm Files Mar 04 2007.JPG

If this link doesn't work, please try:

http://tinyurl.com/2az46x

Most or all of the files are from legitimate websites (normally when I
see files in this folder that are damaged and/or not known, I delete
them.)

I'm wondering if this is an Internet Explorer 7.0 problem?

I looked at my grand-daughter's Gateway PC running XP Home edition.
She, like me, recently upgraded her browser to Internet Explorer 7.0.
When I look at her Downloaded Program Files, other then the Java
files, their Properties/Dependency also showed "damaged" while the
status column showed Installed for all her files. Her Java files,
like mine, show no dependency on any files.

I look forward to your comments again....before I delete all of them
except the Java files, which do not show any damaged files.

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Al,

The long link worked fine. I know nothing about IE7, I use IE6, but IE7
could very well be the problem.. I have four files in Downloaded Program
Files. Actually it is seven files, but the Downloaded Program Files folder
is special and to see all of the files you have to use the DIR command in a
command prompt. I do not have Sun Java or QuickTime or Flash or any
Symantec crap.

Why do you have both Symantec and Trend Micro items? You do not have two AV
applications running do you? Or did you happen to do a free online scan at
Symantec or Trend Micro. Most of the free online virus scans download
ActiveX components.

Try this. Type or paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

regsvr32 /i occache.dll

You should get a popup message stating whether the command worked or not.

That should restore functionality to the Downloaded Program Files Folder if
the folder was anyway messed up. Occache.dll is the Object Control Viewer,
this is what makes the folder special.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[gassyal]

Hi again, Wesley Vogel:

Thanks again for you posting and comments.

I ran the command, "regsvr32 /i occache.dll" as you suggested.

Quickly, a small window come up and said, "DllRegisterServer and
Dllinstall in occache.dll succeeded."

I went back to look at the Properties of some of the objects in the
Downloaded Program Files folder and there was no change. The
Dependency window still shows "damaged."

I searched for the occache.dll file in my laptop and it showed up in
different version, as follows:

1. Version 6.0.290.2180 at the location: C:\Windows\ie7

2. Version 7.0.6000.16414 at the location: C:\Windows\system32

3. Version 7.0.5730.11 at the location: C:\Windows\ie7updates\KB938090-
IE7

4. There are two others located in .cab files in the SWSETUP folder
under MSWorks.

Why would the IE7 version (see 1 above) be a lower number than the
other two versions (see 2 and 3 above)?

Do you think this may be causing the problem I'm experiencing not
being able to see the Dependency Files in the Properties window?

Also, I have objects for Symantec and Trend Micro in the DPF folder:
the Norton Anti-Virus came with the laptop for 6 months and I never
renewed it. I run the Trend Micro Anti-Virus occasionally from their
website. My main Anti-Virus is AVE Free Edition; they don't seem to
have an ActiveX object in the DPF folder.

I look forward to your comments again.

Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, OR
(e-mail address removed)