Uninstall WebFldrs From Add/Remove

[Bold_Fortune]

This is great. I just learned this from someone on another site, and I wanted to share it with you. If you're like me, you've been staring at that thing since you got XP.

To Uninstall WebFldrs XP...

Per maxXPsoft:

From RUN command

To Uninstall

msiexec /x C:\Windows\System32\webfldrs.msi

To Install

msiexec /i C:\Windows\System32\webfldrs.msi

Then what I did to add to this is delete "webfldrs.msi" in C:\WINDOWS\system32

[msnfan]

i found that thing there long time, not know what it is used for. anyway i unistalled it following the prescription. thanks

[ozgeek]

What is this webflrs? What does it do?

[Rahul]

yeah what does it do ????

[configure Veteran]

Straight from Help & Support Center

Web Folders, or WebDAV, is a file transfer protocol that supports secure file transfer over intranets and the Internet. With Web Folders, you can upload, download, and manage files on a remote computer across an intranet and the Internet. Web Folders is similar to File Transfer Protocol (FTP); however, Web Folders provides a more secure environment for transferring files over the Web.

Seems a bit bias in the way that it has been written.. The given explaination on why WebDAV > FTP in security is because there is no encryption in FTP connection. The article, however, fail to point out that SFTP offers SSL encryption, and it could be considered as a secure alternative WebDAV :p

[rleegray]

I did the uninstall method only. Do I also need to the Install part. I did the first part and the file disappeared out of my Add/Remove box.

I don't think it is a file that I need so I am just leaving it alone for now.

Thanks so much.

[DaViD_BRaNDoN]

Straight from Help & Support Center

Web Folders, or WebDAV, is a file transfer protocol that supports secure file transfer over intranets and the Internet. With Web Folders, you can upload, download, and manage files on a remote computer across an intranet and the Internet. Web Folders is similar to File Transfer Protocol (FTP); however, Web Folders provides a more secure environment for transferring files over the Web.

Seems a bit bias in the way that it has been written.. The given explaination on why WebDAV > FTP in security is because there is no encryption in FTP connection. The article, however, fail to point out that SFTP offers SSL encryption, and it could be considered as a secure alternative WebDAV :p

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With that said, so it's a bad idea to uninstall it?

[Slimy]

if you publish stuff like your word documents and excel documents on sites via windows, then yes, u don't want to uninstall it, but otherwise go ahead

[Stacman]

There must be something more intrusive about it because eventually you're going to see instances where your installed programs start to disappear from the Add/Remove Programs list. You'll be left with this one and maybe 8-10 others, but all will have the "remove" option removed.

I've seen it time and again, and it just happened to me. Coincidentally, my backup image showed as corrupt when trying to use it. I had tested that thing dozens of times previously to be sure. So I had to do a clean install. If you do a Google on it, you'll find many hits talking about the same thing.

I had used that run command to uninstall it a while back on another machine and it worked. Of course, I did that at a point where the "remove" options hadn't disappeared yet. If it's to the point that it has, the run command won't be able to access the uninstall option.

I don't trust Microsoft with anything, and I can't say this is coming from them. But it is not an vital part of the WinXP OS. My business laptop sits behind the company firewall, and this has never appeared there. I do ftp and act as an ftp server all the time. My other machines at home (two desktops and one laptop) both have the same corporate install of XP on them, and Webfldrs is on each of them. Even with the fresh install I just completed this past weekend. Immediately after installing it and booting up for the first time, it was there. I hadn't accessed the internet at that point either.

[John Sanders]

Hi Guys,

New kid on the block here, but maybe I can add some input to WebFLDRS XP issue.

If you access the RUN command and type in C:\Windows\System32\webfldrs.msiYou are given a screen with the option to add/remove, remove all, reinstall or select reinstall mode.

There is a use for this, by the way - as shown on the screen.

It is for WEB PUBLISHING! office, windows, front page extended

Cheers John

There must be something more intrusive about it because eventually you're going to see instances where your installed programs start to disappear from the Add/Remove Programs list.  You'll be left with this one and maybe 8-10 others, but all will have the "remove" option removed.

I've seen it time and again, and it just happened to me.  Coincidentally, my backup image showed as corrupt when trying to use it.  I had tested that thing dozens of times previously to be sure.  So I had to do a clean install.  If you do a Google on it, you'll find many hits talking about the same thing.

I had used that run command to uninstall it a while back on another machine and it worked.  Of course, I did that at a point where the "remove" options hadn't disappeared yet.  If it's to the point that it has, the run command won't be able to access the uninstall option.

I don't trust Microsoft with anything, and I can't say this is coming from them.  But it is not an vital part of the WinXP OS.  My business laptop sits behind the company firewall, and this has never appeared there.  I do ftp and act as an ftp server all the time.  My other machines at home (two desktops and one laptop) both have the same corporate install of XP on them, and Webfldrs is on each of them.  Even with the fresh install I just completed this past weekend.  Immediately after installing it and booting up for the first time, it was there.  I hadn't accessed the internet at that point either.

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[zedaxax]

thankyou for clarifications

uninstalling

[happyappy]

webfldrs doesn't show up in my add\remove folder, but i use ccleaner and it shows up there. ccleaner is free, very handy and easy to get along with alot of other free software at filehippo.com. also, webfldrs isn't the only thing running on your pc that bill shoves down your throat. google black viper, his site is down, i think, but there is a link to dead-eye.net that has archived black viper's settings of all the unnecessary programs running in the background that slow down your computer. read the instructions on how to turn them off, carefully, and then you can choose what to stop or just change from automatic to manual. there is a safe setting and then a power user setting for those insane gamers who want all the power they can get.

enjoy, happyappy