My Documents > "Nicole"?

[CWLee]

Using Windows Explorer, and looking under "My Documents" I have found a
directory entitled "Nicole". All entries are dated the same day, soon after
I purchased this computer, that a tech named Nicole did some work on the
computer. I assume this directory, and its mostly empty folders, were
created by her and that I can safely delete them. Before I do so, however,
I thought I'd check to see if there is any other possibility - like some
vital software originally installed by Microsoft and code named Nicole.

Think it is safe to delete this directory and all the folders?

Thanks.

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[Phil Robyn]

Using Windows Explorer, and looking under "My Documents" I have found a
directory entitled "Nicole". All entries are dated the same day, soon after
I purchased this computer, that a tech named Nicole did some work on the
computer. I assume this directory, and its mostly empty folders, were
created by her and that I can safely delete them. Before I do so, however,
I thought I'd check to see if there is any other possibility - like some
vital software originally installed by Microsoft and code named Nicole.

Think it is safe to delete this directory and all the folders?

Thanks.

I think it is safe to remove the 'Nicole' directory.

 

[dcdon]

Hi CW,

The safest thing to do in any case like that is to rename
the files with the extension.old, rename any folders by
adding OLD to the end of the folder, and the same for a
directory. If the machine doesn't after a reasonable rime,
then it is usually okay to delete.

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Using Windows Explorer, and looking under "My Documents" I
have found a
directory entitled "Nicole". All entries are dated the same
day, soon after
I purchased this computer, that a tech named Nicole did some
work on the
computer. I assume this directory, and its mostly empty
folders, were
created by her and that I can safely delete them. Before I
do so, however,
I thought I'd check to see if there is any other
possibility - like some
vital software originally installed by Microsoft and code
named Nicole.

Think it is safe to delete this directory and all the
folders?

Thanks.

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[CWLee]

Hi CW,

The safest thing to do in any case like that is to rename
the files with the extension.old, rename any folders by
adding OLD to the end of the folder, and the same for a
directory. If the machine doesn't after a reasonable rime,
then it is usually okay to delete.

Since there may be 100 such places to rename, would it, instead, be
sufficient to rename the highest level directory only? My thinking is that
such a "mis-direction" sign would serve the same purpose of disclosing if
any other part of the system was using any of the files/folders nested
within that directory. By analogy, if my local freeway onramp here in Los
Angeles is closed, a very rigid person (like a computer?) would probably
conclude he couldn't drive to New York. Is a computer smart enough to look
for another onramp or way to get to a specific destination it knows the name
of?

Thanks.

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[George Hester]

Remove the profile first.

 

[CWLee]

Remove the profile first.

Thanks, but I don't know what you mean by "the profile". Can you explain
some more about what it is, where I would find it, and what I would do AFTER
I remove it. Thanks.

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[George Hester]

I am going to assume you are Windows 2000 Professional. The best thing you could do is go to Start | Help | search on profiles. If "Nicole" has a My Documents folder then there is a profile in your machine called "Nicole." Nicole must have gotten your Administrator password because only the Administrator can add a profile or some user with Admin rights. Which I bet Nicole has. Also this assumes the NTFS.

From memory Start | Settings | Control Panel | Users and Groups | find Nicole and get rid of it. Right-click | Delete. Then you can safely remove here profile under C:\Documents and Settings.