Nortons Recycle Protection program

[Guest]

I had Nortons SystemWorks 2003 installed on my XP system and it expired. I
uninstalled all of it, but then I noticed that each drive (I have 7)
contained a "RECYCLER" folder and also a Nprotect folder. These were
generated in the Norton Recycle Protection program. I have delected all
those programs and I went to the Symantec web site and used their instruction
to manually remove everything on the computer, including Register files,
Services, etc. There is nothing left.

However, each time I delete any file or folder from a drive, the Nprotect
folder and the RECYCLER folder are immediately created again. I can delete
them but they always come back and end up using a lot of space. There must
be some program left somewhere that creates these. I get no help from
Symantec. Is there a way to trace what program created the "Nprotect"
folder or the RECYCLER folder. IF I can find it I can delete it.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

 

[CS]

I had Nortons SystemWorks 2003 installed on my XP system and it expired. I
uninstalled all of it, but then I noticed that each drive (I have 7)
contained a "RECYCLER" folder and also a Nprotect folder. These were
generated in the Norton Recycle Protection program. I have delected all
those programs and I went to the Symantec web site and used their instruction
to manually remove everything on the computer, including Register files,
Services, etc. There is nothing left.

However, each time I delete any file or folder from a drive, the Nprotect
folder and the RECYCLER folder are immediately created again. I can delete
them but they always come back and end up using a lot of space. There must
be some program left somewhere that creates these. I get no help from
Symantec. Is there a way to trace what program created the "Nprotect"
folder or the RECYCLER folder. IF I can find it I can delete it.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

You need to disable the NProtect Service. Do this:

Start -> Run -> type in "services.msc" (without the quotes). Scroll
on down to NProtect Service, right click on it, properties, disable.

Reboot your machine and remove the NProtect Folders. NSW 2003 is very
difficult to completely uninstall. You should have downloaded
"rnav2003.exe" and "symcln.exe" from the Symantec web site and run
both programs.

 

[Guest]

CS,.. Thanks for your note,... but I have already used all of Smyantec's
unitall instruction, and when I look into the Service.msc, there is noting in
there of Nortons. I have also run the NAVxxxx software 5+ times. No
matter, the Nprotect folder and the RECYCLER folder still get created anytime
I delete any file in and disk.
I have removed everything in the Recycle Bin (under Properties) that even is
associated to Norton. The only thing I haven't done it to Eliminate the
Recycle bin of Windows Xp. This is one of the recommendation of Symantec.
Any other suggestions?