How to Delete an inadvertent copied Folder into C:\Windows\$hf_mig$ Folder ?

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I have XP Pro SP 2 installed and , in an attempt to transfer a newly
created Folder into a partitoned drive using two versions of Windows
Explorer vertically tiled , this folder , by an inadvertent slip of
the mouse , installed this Folder in error into the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\ Folder which contains all the MS Windows Upgrade
files.

It is , in fact now installed , as an empty Folder , in the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\$NtUninstallKB833996$\ Folder.

I am unable to delete this Folder in Windows .

How do I delete this ?

B.N.
 
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I have XP Pro SP 2 installed and , in an attempt to transfer a newly
created Folder into a partitoned drive using two versions of Windows
Explorer vertically tiled , this folder , by an inadvertent slip of
the mouse , installed this Folder in error into the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\ Folder which contains all the MS Windows Upgrade
files.

It is , in fact now installed , as an empty Folder , in the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\$NtUninstallKB833996$\ Folder.

I am unable to delete this Folder in Windows .

How do I delete this ?

B.N.
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You should be able to boot to Safe Mode and delete it from there. If not,
then booting with an emergency boot disk should allow this from DOS.
 
I have XP Pro SP 2 installed and , in an attempt to transfer a newly
created Folder into a partitoned drive using two versions of Windows
Explorer vertically tiled , this folder , by an inadvertent slip of
the mouse , installed this Folder in error into the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\ Folder which contains all the MS Windows Upgrade
files.

It is , in fact now installed , as an empty Folder , in the
C:\Windows\$hf_mig$\$NtUninstallKB833996$\ Folder.
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If it is empty I would not worry about it. It will be occupying
negligible disk space, and if you were to run that particular uninstall
it would be ignored
 
If it is empty I would not worry about it. It will be occupying
negligible disk space, and if you were to run that particular uninstall
it would be ignored
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Since my original post on this , I managed to delete this in Windows
by allocating full permissions and then deleting it .

B.N.
 

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