Windows\Downloaded Program Files folder

[E-Double]

One can not delete files and folders in the C:\Windows\Downloaded Program
Files folder without adversly affecting some programs, can they ? The reason
I ask is that we have one user that did this to try and save disk space (??)
and now some programs are prompting for Disk 1 when the program is launched
or when the computer is rebooted. TIA ...

 

[John Inzer]

One can not delete files and folders in the C:\Windows\Downloaded
Program Files folder without adversly affecting some programs, can
they ? The reason I ask is that we have one user that did this to
try and save disk space (??) and now some programs are prompting for
Disk 1 when the program is launched or when the computer is rebooted.
TIA ...

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Which programs are prompting for Disk One?

Might be worth a try to do a System Restore to a
time before the cleanup.

If files removed from the Downloaded Programs
Folder were needed...they could be re-downloaded
from the net.

Here's an excerpt from the following MSKB article:

"Downloaded program files are ActiveX controls
and Java programs that are downloaded automatically
from the Internet when you view certain pages."

(315246) How to Automate the Disk
Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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[E-Double]

Perfect, thanks !

e.

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Which programs are prompting for Disk One?

Might be worth a try to do a System Restore to a
time before the cleanup.

If files removed from the Downloaded Programs
Folder were needed...they could be re-downloaded
from the net.

Here's an excerpt from the following MSKB article:

"Downloaded program files are ActiveX controls
and Java programs that are downloaded automatically
from the Internet when you view certain pages."

(315246) How to Automate the Disk
Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[John Inzer]

Perfect, thanks !

e.

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You're welcome.

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Digital Media Experience

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me may not work for you

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[E-Double]

It's weird because they deleted that folder on a few machines (the entire
folder) but it apparently only adversly affected a few programs on each
machine - namely Roxio and some scanning software for their scanners.

e.

 

[John Inzer]

It's weird because they deleted that folder on a few machines (the
entire folder) but it apparently only adversly affected a few
programs on each machine - namely Roxio and some scanning software
for their scanners.

e.

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Maybe reinstalling the affected software
would be worth a try.

The downloaded files folder should rebuild
itself and the files should re-download from
the net when needed.

I'm thinking the issues you are describing
were caused by something else.

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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me may not work for you

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