Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard drive.
The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access denied"
from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the Windows 7 beta
CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that appears to be a
Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Mainly curious, since the drive will be formatted.
Thanks.

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

"John Doe" wrote in message
...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard drive.
The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access denied"
from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the Windows 7 beta
CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that appears to be a
Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Mainly curious, since the drive will be formatted.
Thanks.

I too am looking at the same type of mystery folder. Mine was created on the
root drive- a random 26 character folder. It contains 2 subfolders: amd64
and i386. Those folders contain dll's.
I *believe* that this folder was created after I uninstalled Intuit's
TurboTax from the system. But it may have been created after I ran the
Intuit "reboot" prog inside QuickBooks. (Every time I uninstall TurboTax, QB
will not start. I run the "reboot" package which repairs the QB loader -
[nice programming Intuit]).
I recall dealing with this before and I just deleted the folder (after
restore point and backup) without any problems. But I'm not doing it until
I've got time to deal with any unexpected PIA.
Have you installed/uninstalled anything recently?

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

In article , John Doe
says...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard drive.
The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access denied"
from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the Windows 7 beta
CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that appears to be a
Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Mainly curious, since the drive will be formatted.
Thanks.

Temporary file and folder left behind after applying a service pack.

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Conor

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Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

"Conor" wrote in message
...
In article , John Doe
says...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard drive.
The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access denied"
from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the Windows 7 beta
CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that appears to be a
Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Mainly curious, since the drive will be formatted.
Thanks.

Temporary file and folder left behind after applying a service pack.


Mmmm. Would that include .NET Framework 3.5?

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

In article , TVeblen says...

"Conor" wrote in message
...
In article , John Doe
says...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard drive.
The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access denied"
from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the Windows 7 beta
CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that appears to be a
Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Mainly curious, since the drive will be formatted.
Thanks.

Temporary file and folder left behind after applying a service pack.


Mmmm. Would that include .NET Framework 3.5?

Yeah.


--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

Conor wrote:

John Doe says...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard
drive. The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access
denied" from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the
Windows 7 beta CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that
appears to be a Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Temporary file and folder left behind after applying a service
pack.

I had to use DOS and dismount the drive/volume before formatting.
I have applied many service packs, none of the remains were that
difficulat to remove. However, I recently slipstreamed service pack
3 into the original Windows XP files to make an updated CD, using
the most popular utility. Perhaps it was that process.

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

Bob Horvath wrote:

....

I don't have an SSD, am NOT running Windows 7, and have not
updated to SP3, and I have that folder also. FWIW.

Can you open it?

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

Bob Horvath wrote:
Bob Horvath wrote:
Bob Horvath wrote:

Hmm.

Posting XNoArchive AND messing up the introductions.

I don't have an SSD, am NOT running Windows 7, and have not
updated to SP3, and I have that folder also. FWIW.

Can you open it?

Yep,

I could not.

it has two subfolders,AMD64 and i386, with files inside of them.
I renamed the main folder "old4238912756470919" about a week or so
ago, and have not had any ill effects with the system so far.

So delete it.

















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Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

"John Doe" wrote in message
...
Conor wrote:

John Doe says...

There is a folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on my secondary hard
drive. The primary drive is an SSD. The weird folder is "access
denied" from the XP SP3 command prompt, but accessible by the
Windows 7 beta CD. It contains an "updspapi.dll" file that
appears to be a Microsoft file, but why so difficult to remove?

I suspect it is related to either the SSD drive or the Windows 7
beta.

Temporary file and folder left behind after applying a service
pack.

I had to use DOS and dismount the drive/volume before formatting.
I have applied many service packs, none of the remains were that
difficulat to remove. However, I recently slipstreamed service pack
3 into the original Windows XP files to make an updated CD, using
the most popular utility. Perhaps it was that process.

Mmmm. I'd be real wary of a mystery folder that did not want to be opened
and resisted deletion. Sounds like malware. Or Apple.
Since when did Windows ever try and stop you from deleting important system
files! (other than the usual limp warning: "Do you REALLY want to **** up
your life?" YES - NO)

I slipstreamed SP3 with Nero 7 and the only folders created were created by
me.

Mystery folder "e8bfcca65cf8e0f3f4" on secondary drive?
 

"TVeblen" wrote:
"John Doe" wrote in message

....

I had to use DOS and dismount the drive/volume before formatting.
I have applied many service packs, none of the remains were that
difficulat to remove. However, I recently slipstreamed service
pack 3 into the original Windows XP files to make an updated CD,
using the most popular utility. Perhaps it was that process.

Mmmm. I'd be real wary of a mystery folder that did not want to be
opened and resisted deletion. Sounds like malware.

A search for "updspapi.dll" makes it sound like Microsoft.

Since when did Windows ever try and stop you from deleting
important system files!

Microsoft restricting access to files is nothing new. Typically, system
files are never even seen by the average user.