Using "search" for files in Downloaded program files

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Can anyone tell me why, when using Search (off the Start
menu), that it will not look in the folder
Winnt\dpwnloaded program files? Norton detected an "at-
risk" file there, but couldn't delete it. When I went to
search for it, search won't look in the folder. Says no
results even when given *.* as search. Norton phone help
had no clue, after two hours, but I would like to find the
file (109512.exe) and delete the thing. When I went to
look in the files I couldn't see any that seemed unusual.
Any ideas?
 
perioman said:
Can anyone tell me why, when using Search (off the Start
menu), that it will not look in the folder
Winnt\dpwnloaded program files? Norton detected an "at-
risk" file there, but couldn't delete it. When I went to
search for it, search won't look in the folder. Says no
results even when given *.* as search. Norton phone help
had no clue, after two hours, but I would like to find the
file (109512.exe) and delete the thing. When I went to
look in the files I couldn't see any that seemed unusual.
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It seems that the Windows search function does not look into folders which
have the System attribute. Something like Agent Ransack
<http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx> would probably do a
better job of finding things for you.

However since you know where it's supposed to be, just open a command
prompt window, change to the Downloadwd Program Files directory, and list
the contents with "dir /a". If the problem file is there, you shuld be
able to just delete it.
 
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