+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 26, 2001 Subscriber² Share Posted December 26, 2001 Today I noticed a weird folder on my C: it's called BDE and there are two sub folders inside of it, one is called Cache and the other is called Temp. Anybody knows what program might have created this folder? I can't find out what is that folder good for, and if it's safe to delete or not. Thanks in advance. Ely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 when did you notice it. What was the last program you installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 26, 2001 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 26, 2001 Looks like the folder has been there for a while, I recently re-formated and did clean XP install, so I have installed a million applications, not sure which one created this, I think it might have been the driver for my DSL modem provided by my ISP but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted December 26, 2001 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2001 BDE = Borland Database Engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 cool theres your answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 26, 2001 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 26, 2001 Originally posted by aco BDE = Borland Database Engine? I'm lost, can you explain what Borland Database Engine means and what program uses that? Can I delete it? Thanks for your help. Ely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jardragon901 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 actually its a viewer of 3d content on the web called the B3d viewer, go to your add remove programs and remove "B3D Projector" its harmless though :) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted December 26, 2001 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2001 I think it is something like MySQL, but if you installed it you would probably know about it. :) It is obvioulsy something else and it is up to you whether to delete it or not. People are running XP without this folder, so I think it would be safe to delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 26, 2001 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 26, 2001 Thank you jardragon901, I think you are right, I have that program on my ADD/REMOVE programs , I never remember installing it though, weird how it got there in the first place. I might end up leaving it there as it might help viewing 3D content on the web as you said. Aco thank you but I think jardragon901 got the point. Ely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJediMedia Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Morpheous INSTALLED IT, I am SURE of it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobless Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 yep....its from Morpheous, they've got this new spyware thing going on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 26, 2001 Author Subscriber² Share Posted December 26, 2001 Well I dont have Morpheous, I have Kazaa which is more or less the same program, So I guess it might have been Kazaa that installed that program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cub-x Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Ok, hold on here.. BDE - Borland Database Engine is a common set of libraries to access databases, be it MSSQL or Paradox. BDE is a layer between an application and the database used. Nothing harmful or any spyware here.. These are just database "drivers"... And yes, it is not impossible for Morpheus to install it, but again, it does no harm (only eat up some mb's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usr.bin Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 I dunno about Morpheous, but KaZaA has installed it on mine. Version 1.3.3 of the software installed the thing because of some of the advertisements they play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA321 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 i have the same thing as you man it's pretty simple to see what it is...look @ the exe file BDE Multipath Movie Digital Viewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h71y6 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 The BDE folder is installed to allow you to view/use 3d graphics rendered by an application. It is something that was installed without your notice and is not a spyware. I forgot the name of the player itself but i do know that i removed it, because i'd rather not have anything that didn't ask me for my permission. Remove it but there's no harm if otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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