What are Inctions files?

[Stuart Reed]

During virus & spyware checks there appear to be about 1000 files called
Inctions at the following location:

C:\ProgramFiles\Inctions\Cache

However I can find no trace of these if I use the search option.

Does anyone know what these files are & whether they are slowing down my
system etc?

Thanks in advance

Stuart Reed

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I found one reference to Program Files\Inctions\Cache and nobody knows what
this is.

Paste the following line into Start | Run, click OK and look around...

C:\Program Files\Inctions

See if there is anything there, like an .exe file, to give a clue.

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[Stuart Reed]

I found one reference to Program Files\Inctions\Cache and nobody knows what
this is.

Paste the following line into Start | Run, click OK and look around...

C:\Program Files\Inctions

See if there is anything there, like an .exe file, to give a clue.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Stuart Reed]

Thanks for your reply.

I did as you suggested but got a message:

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel"

Trouble is, I don't know how to do this!!

Stuart

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Stuart,

I am unclear about exactly what you did to get the error message.

C:\Program Files\Inctions should be a folder not a file. And Cache would be
a subfolder of Inctions, whatever the hell Inctions is.

Did the C:\Program Files\Inctions folder open when you pasted the path into
Start | Run? C:\Program Files\Inctions is the path.

I would suggest that you...
Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Update whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Stuart Reed]

Hi Wes

I did exactly as you suggested - Start - Run, typed in C:\Program
Files\Inctions but I got the warning box as quoted, so I couldn't run it.

I've been spyware & virus scanning most days since my system started
slowing. This doesn't mean the dreaded reinstall does it?

Cheers
Stuart

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Stuart,

You might want to look at this article...

HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302347

All typing or pasting the path in the Run box does is allow you to open a
folder or file without having to navigate through Windows Explorer, clicking
on a lot of things.

Let's assume that Inctions is a Hidden folder.

To display Hidden files and folders...

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Folder Options | View tab
Check:
Display the contents of system folders
and
Show hidden files and folders
and
UNCheck:
Hide extensions for known file types
and
Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
Click Apply | Click OK

When you uncheck: Hide protected operating system files,
you will get this message...

Warning
----------
You have chosen to display protected operating system files (files labeled
System and Hidden) in Windows Explorer.These files are required to start and
run Windows. Deleting or editing them can make your computer inoperable.Are
you sure you want to display these files?
----------

Click YES.

[[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not
typical items.]]

Hide extensions for known file types means that the last three letters of a
file would be hidden. I.e. some_file_name.xxx, where xxx could be almost
anything like txt for a text file or .doc for an MS Word document, etc.

Now that you can display Hidden files and folders, paste the following line
into the Run box and click OK...

C:\Program Files

Click the Folders icon on the top Toolbar to display the tree view in the
left hand pane if it is not already displayed.

Click the [+] next to Program Files in the left hand pane to expand the
folder.

Click the [+] next to Inctions in the left hand pane to expand the folder.

Click the [+] next to Cache in the left hand pane to expand the folder.

You should now have C:\Program Files\Inctions\Cache expanded so that you can
look around in the right hand pane to see what might be there.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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