Undeletable Program Files!

[Sin Jeong-hun]

C:\Program Files\xerox
C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting

These folders are empty. And I use non of these applications. Yet I
can't delete them. Why?

 

[Malke]

C:\Program Files\xerox
C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting

These folders are empty. And I use non of these applications. Yet I
can't delete them. Why?

Because they are put there by the system. Since the folders are empty,
just ignore them.

Malke

 

[phillip maurice nelson]

click on the start button then click on the control
panel then go to add/remove programs & scroll down
to the ones you want to delete.

 

[Malke]

click on the start button then click on the control
panel then go to add/remove programs & scroll down
to the ones you want to delete.

Please quote at least some of the original post for clarity. The OP
asked about these folders:

C:\Program Files\xerox
C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting

These are installed by the system and he will not find them under
Add/Remove Programs.

Malke

 

[Alan]

Because they are put there by the system. Since the folders are empty,
just ignore them.

Malke
--

The folders may not be empty. Is it set to view hidden files?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

The folders may not be empty. Is it set to view hidden files?

Doesn't matter if they're empty or not... they're system files and
can't be deleted.

 

[Guest]

C:\Program Files\xerox
C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting

These folders are empty. And I use non of these applications. Yet I
can't delete them. Why?

I was very frustrated by this same thing a few months ago. I searched
a lot of forums, and tried various "solutions", but was still left with three
folders. I successfully got rid of everything IN the folders, but could not
deleted the folders themselves: microsoft frontpage, Net Meeting, and
xerox.

I finally gave up, since, as it was pointed out to me: who cares? -- they
aren't taking up any space. This is true, but it bugged me anyway.
Maybe I'm a neatness freak, but I didn't like my Program Files folder
showing three extra useless folders.

Anyway, I just found a neat free program that does the job, called
"Unlocker": http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker

It also works fine when you're trying to delete a file, and get that
annoying message that it's "being used by another program".

Professor
professorscodingcorner.com

 

[Plato]

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8