Issue deleting folders

[Toxikk Veteran]

tried that. when i do it on the f9e... folder it says the folder is not empty, when i do it on the f93.../update dir it says i dont have access.

[SimplyPotatoes]

man toxikk thats werid, you might have to disable windows file protection or use a forceful utility to delete them :(

[wired57]

try it with rmdir /s /q foldername

[Toxikk Veteran]

i have tried like every security option in there... nothing FXCKING WORKS

[Toxikk Veteran]

  wired57 said:

try it with rmdir /s /q foldername

D:\f9e82726feaec4862742>rmdir /S /Q update

Access is denied.

[xRKx]

I don't have a clue of it works with folders, but try using forcedel.

http://www.codeguru.com/files/ForceDel.shtml

Not the comment at the bottom about possibly having to uncheck the 'Use indexing feature for this folder...' for the ones you want to delete.

I've had a /lot/ of problems with locked files and folders in the past with Windows XP - but I've always just been able to work around the problem from the dos prompt. O.o

[Toxikk Veteran]

  xRKx said:

Not the comment at the bottom about possibly having to uncheck the 'Use indexing feature for this folder...' for the ones you want to delete.

already disabled... :cry:

[Spyder Veteran]

  Toxikk said:

i have tried like every security option in there... nothing FXCKING WORKS

i know you're getting frustrated man, but try one more thing. highlight all of those folders, go back into the security tab. remove ALL user names/groups except your own. if system is in there, remove that too. then reboot.

it makes logical sense to me that if you remove permission for even the system to access the folder, that when you come back from a reboot, windows would not have the ability to load/lock those folders. since your login is the only one with access, you should then be able to delete them.

i dunno if it'll work for sure but it can't hurt

[SimplyPotatoes]

  Spyder said:

i know you're getting frustrated man, but try one more thing.  highlight all of those folders, go back into the security tab.  remove ALL user names/groups except your own.  if system is in there, remove that too.  then reboot.

it makes logical sense to me that if you remove permission for even the system to access the folder, that when you come back from a reboot, windows would not have the ability to load/lock those folders.  since your login is the only one with access, you should then be able to delete them.

i dunno if it'll work for sure but it can't hurt

use that and im not at home so im not sure but theres more info in security for authoring or owern something... where you have to repermission them all to your name and you check the tab under it... lol someone help me im not at home, but ive had to do this before to give myself permissions as another admin

[Toxikk Veteran]

FXCK YES. I GOT IT!!!!!!

HOT DAMN.

ok. what did i do? hehehe. here goes.

i selected all the files. right clicked, properties. security. i hit yes on the prompt if i wanted to reset all the perms. then i clicked advanced. went to the owner tab and doubleclicked my username and selected 'replace owner...' and then hit ok... it asked if i wanted to reset all those dir to me as the owner... i guess it was changing the perms for the dir but not for the update dir.

so the folders are gone. flish, if you want, i can write that up better and you can put it in the faq somewheres...

[Spyder Veteran]

:| so you forced ownership like i suggested and it worked? lol congrats

[Toxikk Veteran]

figures it would be the last damn thing i tried.

wanna know something else funky? with ht turned off my cpu is running at 46c. with ht on it runs at 33. nice. brb, time to put ht back on.

[FlishFun Veteran]

  Toxikk said:

FXCK YES.? I GOT IT!!!!!!

HOT DAMN.

ok.? what did i do?? hehehe.? here goes.

i selected all the files.? right clicked, properties.? security.? i hit yes on the prompt if i wanted to reset all the perms.? then i clicked advanced.? went to the owner tab and doubleclicked my username and selected 'replace owner...' and then hit ok... it asked if i wanted to reset all those dir to me as the owner... i guess it was changing the perms for the dir but not for the update dir.

so the folders are gone.? flish, if you want, i can write that up better and you can put it in the faq somewheres...

Whoo-hoo! Alright man! Good (Y)! (Y)

Yes, please write it up for me. I'll include it in the readme (along with the warning to those running HT enabled CPUs). I'm really glad you got that fixed!!

The funny thing is, Microsoft knows about the glitch, and actually has released two fixes to help it... but they only help two hotfixes. They haven't done it for t:no:est. :no:

[Toxikk Veteran]

  Spyder said:

:| so you forced ownership like i suggested and it worked? lol congrats

i had already forced it on the dir, but not the update folders. :pinch:

[Spyder Veteran]

oh.. weird..normally it applies to all subfolders as well. at any rate, great work man :)

[FlishFun Veteran]

By the way Toxikk, check this out here (my post at the bottom): Batch Files I wrote a batch file for ya that should remove all temp internet files that are currently not in use. Try it out tell me how it works. :)

[akaladis Veteran]

wow... good one Toxikk! you should celebrate it with a beer i believe :D

[Toxikk Veteran]

  mh508 said:

wow... good one Toxikk! you should celebrate it with a beer i believe :D

sounds like a plan.

/me sits back and cracks a bud

[FlishFun Veteran]

  Toxikk said:

sounds like a plan.

/me sits back and cracks a bud

Have one on the house, you deserve it. :beer: That was very good work on fixin' the problem! (Y) Don't forget to write up how you did it (you can just PM it to me if you want) so I can include it in the Dec release. :)

[OptiPlex]

  FlishFun said:

Hmmm... yes, I think that may work... according to Microsoft:

  Quote

SYMPTOMS

When you install certain Windows 2000 Server or Windows XP hotfixes on a computer with a high-speed hyper-threaded processor or multiple high-speed processors, a temporary folder may remain in the root folder of one of the computer's hard disks after the hotfix is installed.

CAUSE

This problem occurs as a result of a race condition (timing issue) in certain versions of the hotfix installer components. The affected hotfix packages contain installer components that have the following attributes (or earlier) that are listed in the following table:

Date ? ? ? ? Time ? Version ? ?Size ? ?File name
---------------------------------------------------
21-Sep-2002 ?20:44 ?5.2.32.0 ? 24,576 ?Xpsp1hfm.exe ? ? 
21-Sep-2002 ?20:44 ?5.2.42.0 ? 46,080 ?Spuninst.exe ? ? 
21-Sep-2002 ?20:44 ?5.2.42.0 ?273,408 ? Update.exe

RESOLUTION

This problem is resolved in hotfix packages that contain hotfix installer components with the following attributes or later that are listed in the following table:

Date ? ? ? ? Time ? Version ? ?Size ? ?File name

---------------------------------------------------

14-Nov-2002 ?18:01 ?5.3.10.0 ?409,088 ?Update.exe ? ? ?

17-Dec-2002 ?21:32 ?5.3.10.0 ? 87,040 ?Spuninst.exe ? ?

17-Dec-2002 ?21:32 ?5.3.5.0 ? ?24,576 ?Xpsp1hfm.exe[/code[b]WORKAROUND[/b]yle='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>WORKAROUND

To work around this problem delete the temporary folder after you install the hotfix, and then restart the computer.

So I'd say give it a shot... if it doesn't work, just try what I suggested earlier. But also, now I know to include a warning for those with Hyperthreading enable:ninja:ote] Which update is this? I think I have it :ninja:

[FlishFun Veteran]

  OptiPlex said:

Which update is this? I think I have it :ninja:

No no... you had 2 like it (they're included in the AP and they fixed two updates), but there are other updates with the same prob and they don't have fixes yet. :no:

[FlishFun Veteran]

  OptiPlex said:

No, when I ripped out a bunch of updates out of the Dell restore CD, I left one update behind because it didn't seem useful.

:o Which one?? Give me give me!! :drool:

[OptiPlex]

  FlishFun said:

:o  Which one??  Give me give me!!  :drool:

:cry: BAD NEWS!

KB number doesn't match :blink: :no:

I think it was a XP-HE only update that updates the hotfix installer for some odd reason :blink:

[FlishFun Veteran]

  OptiPlex said:

:cry: BAD NEWS!

KB number doesn't match :blink: :no:

I think it was a XP-HE only update that updates the hotfix installer for some odd reason :blink:

Well what does it do? Out of curiousity...

[OptiPlex]

  FlishFun said:

  OptiPlex said:

:cry: BAD NEWS!

KB number doesn't match :blink: :no:

I think it was a XP-HE only update that updates the hotfix installer for some odd reason :blink:

Well what does it do? Out of curiousity...

Q328213 prevents an error during uninstall I guess :whistle: