Removing Folders In Windows 7?
Feb 7, 2012
as you know theres some problem in microsoft's update , that causes it download the updates temp to the bigger sized parrtioned , instead of to the temp folder.in my case i had my external HD connected to the system when windows upadte was running.after the windows update completed i saw few new folders with starnge names like:trbz6hz7bz5hz7hz6z also i noticed there's a sign of a lock on them , and when i tried to remove them i could do that.i assume you know how to that , right?also do you know how i can prevent it from happeing again??*if i connect the drive to windows XP system , the files can be delted
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Jul 18, 2012
I can't seem to see any of my folders on my laptop the wallpaper is now all black and there are only 2 icons on my desktop are my files deleted or just hidden.
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Feb 1, 2011
i just barely got a new computer, that's running 7, and i'm still setting all the different little things to my own liking and i need some help when i go to look at the folders, such as my computer, or the control panel or my documents, all of them, they appear with the address bar and search bar at the top, like a web site page, even complete with a back and forward button, but i severely hate that and was wondering how i change the way the folders appear? i have been all over the net trying to find it but to no avail, i did find it once, but i didn't change it at the time?
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May 14, 2011
Is there a real benefit in removing empty and unused folders? because i tried an application called Remove Empty Directories and removed a lot of empty folders (after a system image backup), but i don't see any real improvement.
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Feb 10, 2011
In the start menu there's a user folder, and within this folder a bunch of subfolders: My music, my videos, my documents, my downloads, etc.
I want to remove these folders and replace them with my own folders that I'll actually use but every time I do I get an error message telling me that the location... is no longer available.
Is there any way to remove these folders or otherwise deal this this or do I just have to deal with having a bunch of unnecessary folders making a mess of my user folder?
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Jun 1, 2012
When I transfer a file from a folder to a CD, example, after the files have been copied to the CD, as I do not need those files there anymore, I send them to the Trash bin, but somehow they remain on the same folder with 0 bytes.I have tried everything to make the names of those files disappear with no success. Disk Clean Up has failed and other programs as well.I have observed that this particular behaviour happens mainly with .pps files.They remain on my PPS folder but with o bytes.How can I remove them from the folders?
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Nov 10, 2010
i use BitLord to download random stuff anyways the Downloads Folder Shows up like this : Now when i open Nero up it shows this Weird thing is if i hover over the folder from normal window it says the Downloads folder is only 800mb (as it is only showing me one item) yet from Nero it says the folder is over 9 Gigs. Im set as Owner of the folder and i have all permissions set for me however i am still unable to see these files outside of nero and i don't know why.When i go and try to change the permissions on the folders (the locked ones) windows says the files/folders doesn't exist...
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Oct 27, 2011
just built a new rig. Installed windows on a fresh HDD, using the old hdd for data and stuff but the old windows is still on it, promting me every time i boot to select OS and taking up space
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May 21, 2011
I do an annual windows reinstall from an iso I made of the windows boot CD when I bought windows 7. I made the iso because it's easier to keep track of files rather than CDs, and whenever I would need to reinstall I would burn the iso to a disc, install from the disc, and throw out the disc once the install was complete. Well tonight I ran out of CDs with a large enough capacity to hold the iso, so I decided to get a bit fancy.
I mounted the iso and ran the setup utility through windows, and had it install a new partition of windows to one of my unused storage drives. The install went well, I restarted, and saw that there was an option to boot from two partitions of windows 7. I eventually figured out which one was the new one, and once desktop loaded up I went into msconfig and removed the old partition from the boot tab.
The problem pops up when I went back to reformat the old partition. It gave me an error stating that it cannot format a system drive. I figure that this is because the old partition is still active somehow even though I removed it from the msconfig boot menu.
Through a bit of googling I got a general idea of what had to be done, so I went into disk management and set the new partition to 'active'. I then restarted and went into BIOS, and switched the disk boot order so that the new partition came before the old partition. My bios did not like this, because it gave me an error about NTLDR missing. So it almost appears that the NTLDR thing isn't on the new partition, but that's just a guesstimation.
Other information:
- Old partition is "disk 0" in disk management
- New partition is "disk 1" in disk management
- I cannot modify or delete any of the system files on the old partition when I'm booted in the new partition.
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Jan 9, 2011
My husband has started up his new windows 7 Toshiba laptop and put a password in. Is there any way in which this can be removed? I think that it must have face recognition, as his password doesn't work for me. Either of us can get into *my* Vista laptop (set up by an 'expert')and we wanted theis to be the same.Most annyoying as I was meant to be organising the internet connection etc while he was out and I have only got as far as making the recovery disks before I left it for 30 minutes and it turned itself off.
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Oct 6, 2011
I installed Win 8 preview on my system using Oracle VM, however it loaded the virtural HD on a disk I didn't want the VM or Win 8 preview on. Is there a way to delete all of this and get my HD space bac
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Aug 15, 2010
i want to install another os - ubuntu but i installed it but wen i start up windows 7 appears next to ubuntu is there any way of completely removin win 7 and leaving ubuntu as the default os
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May 4, 2011
My son bought me a new computer which has Windows 7 onit. I'm old and not computerized. I did love my XP. How do I get it back?
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Jul 9, 2012
I have just done a clean install of Win 7 Pro 64. I have set up four accounts and for each one I have moved the user folders to a separate hard drive by using the Right Click Properties > Location > Move. I have done this for the following folders:
- Desktop
- Downloads
- My Documents
- Favorites
- Links
- My Music
- My Pictures
- Videos
I have done it exactly the same way on each account (and more than once! I've been imaging the disk and have restored backwards a few times.)
The problem is, on three of the accounts, when I move the My Music, My Pictures, and Videos then they do move correctly but three rogue folders appear named Music, Pictures and Videos. And I can't delete then since they are system folders.
But the weird thing is that this does not happen on one of the accounts!
how to get rid of the extra folders as they're cluttering up the users home folder and causing confusion.
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Sep 19, 2009
In Windows 7 how can I change "Folders View" for individual folders without changing them system wide. For example if I select "always show icons" all my folders are set this way, and that's fine. But there are a few folders I have containing jpeg images, and I want to view those as "thumbnails" without effecting the others which are set to always show icons.
This was very easy to do in Windows XP but I can't figure out how to do it in Windows 7.
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May 19, 2012
i have been using a pc with win 7 for a while, but its going to be used by people. its not my pc and i probably dont have an admin account, but a user account.i have set some passwords with autofill at some websites, with chrome, IE, firefox and opera. i have no idea which websites i visited, but i want to erase
all passwords. also if possible i want to erase the personalized settings such as profiles and such, so preferably i want to remove all traces that i have been working on that pc.
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Jun 14, 2012
I use Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and have a Brother HL-1440 installed which has been working fine. I recently had to go out of town with my laptop that has the brother printer installed, but did not take my printer with me. A friend lended me an HP laser jet 1022n to use since I forgot my printer. Apparently this printer is so old that when I plug the usb cable into my laptop windows 7 doesnt not find a driver for the printer automatically. So, I tried downloading from the hp site and had issues installing the driver.
Lastly, I went to devices and printers > selected Add A Printer > Then add a local printer > Then I select a usb port to connect >I selected what I thought was the correct driver from the list and finished the set up, but when trying to print a test page it would not print. So, I tried adding a printer again and this time selected the correct printer driver with the usb port. So, I am able to print now but when I go devices and printers I notice that it shows the first wrong driver i installed showing as my brother printer. when I look at the properties from right clicking the printer there is a drop down that shows all the drivers i have installed and shows the driver for my brother printer, but when I look back at devices printers it seems to show my brother printer icon named the wrong print driver i installed, basically my brother printer shows with the wrong driver i first installed.
I'm worried that my brother printer wont work now. How can I delete un needed printer drivers that are on my laptop so that only the drivers i need are installed?
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Oct 15, 2011
atm i dual boot XP and windows 7 Ultimate (full retail, not OEM). i want to remove 7 from my machine so i can install it on a new machine. have read various posts how to do that, but the posts are all old and a bit of messing about involved. i dont want to mess up so what i wondered was if i used windows 7 manager to change 1st boot option to XP, then formatted the partition (same hdd as XP) that has 7 on it, would that save all the messing about trying to repair boot failures in XP and the boot option screen, making XP boot correctly? i could then format the old partition where 7 was afterwards.
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May 9, 2011
I thought I would pass on my recent adventure of removing Win 7 Security 2011.After wasting about 4 hours of my time reading and trying to remove what I thought was a serious infection, I ended up using old relieable, Malwarebytes.1) Downloaded Malwarebytes to a flash drive using another computer.2) Copied Malewarebytes (via flash drive) to the infected computer.3) Rebooted infected computer in "Safe Mode With Networking".4) Installed Malwaebytes.5) Updated Malwarebytes.6) Rebooted computer in "Safe Mode With Networking".7) Ran Malwarebytes, deleted infection and rebooted.All done.
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Nov 26, 2011
I just got my first computer in place i installed win 7 on it and everything went smooth, but then i realized i had by misstake installed the 32bit version..so i checked the SSD, which is the only kind of storage drive i have right now, and for some reason the installation had made an partition called system drive or something on 100mb. the stupid thing is that it was nothing on it?? windows was still on C:? anyway , after many minutes of thinking i decided to just reinstall windows over the old one and so i did. it runned smooth and went perfect, i checked the preferences of my computer and as planned i now had the 64 bit version but 30Gb was lost on my SSD? i discovered that the old windows was still there, in the windows.old folder... i didnt think about much so i'd just pressed delete...
the crash: loud noise came from the computer and it shut off, now i cant get it to work!!!!!when i start it all the lights starts and the fans runs but nohting moreand how do i format the ssd so i can use it when i've fixed the computer!specs:Motherboard: MK Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H Socket 1155, Z68 CPU:Core i5 2500K Graphic: GK EVGA GeForce GTX 570 SC RAM:Corsair 8GB (KIT) DDR3 1600MHz/VENG. Drive:SSD 120GB Corsair SATA 2.5", Force 3 Series Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler AMD/Intel PSU: XFX XPS-750W BE ATX 12V EPS 12V
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May 21, 2011
I currently have Windows 7 installed on a two partitioned hard drive. One partition has all the system files and such while the other is not in use. If I remove the partition that I'm not using to free up space will Windows on the other partition be deleted?
Also, would anyone have a recommendation on a good free partitioning software?
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Dec 2, 2009
Have XP, then installed Windows 7 as Dual Boot. Now trying to get rid of XP. All is backed up in case of disaster.
I've tried 3 different procedures in these forums with no luck. Last thing I tried was using EasyBCD to remove the boot option. Now the computer just boots straight into Windows 7, but I noticed that the XP partition is still active. Made the Windows 7 partition active, but when I reboot, I just get a blinking cursor on the upper left of the screen and nothing happens.
I've tried the Windows 7 installer/ Repair my computer/ and running Startup Repair 3 times and still no luck. just get the blinking cursor on the corner of the screen. I then have to boot from CD with Partition Wizard and reactivate the XP partition and I boot again into Windows 7.
The only thing I am hesitant to do is delete the XP partition. If I do and then I can't boot, I can't make XP active again to boot and would have to restore everything and would be where I started again.
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Nov 9, 2011
Bought Windows 7 ultimate full version from ebay uk to install on a new SSD drivelisting states Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Full Version, Standard License for PC - Retail 32 Bit and 64 Bit Edition I bought it for a gaming machine that I was building but I couldn't afford to finish it so I am selling all the parts. It is brand new but it isn't sealed as I opened it thinking I was going to use it at some point. I guarantee that the serial key has never been used because it was sealed when I bought it.On install its blocked by microsoft.Okay remove OS format ssd drive a get refund,go back to old ide drives.My question is how do I format my ssd to clean/new condition.
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May 30, 2011
how do you remove the requirement to change the log on password for windows 7 every 3-4 months
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Jun 11, 2011
I have a Dell with windows 7 HOME edition. I would like to eliminate the password logon feature. I can't find the "local users and group " or "local group policy editor snapin". How do I find these or is there another way to eliminate the password logon.
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Aug 13, 2011
I recently decided to install WinXP on my Windows 7 Homepremium computer. I partitioned my hard drive into 2 and installed XP on the 2nd one.How do I delete XP completely and still keep everything from Windows 7?Is it possible to just do system recovery on Windows 7 and return it to an earlier state?
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Dec 27, 2011
deleting/ removing a duplicate windows that I had accidentally created. I tried to delete the partition that I created by going to the disk management option but when I click on the partition, i don't have the option to delete the volume. I don't even know If im doing it accurately or not.
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Jan 13, 2012
I have attached the screen shot from Disk Manager which shows how I installed Windows 7 on a machine that originally ran Vista.After I used Windows 7 I have not used Vista for over a year so I moved the Windows 7 to the start of the HDD using Partition wizard and some instructions on the web.I now want to delete all the vista files and stop the dual boot getting the PC to go straight in to Windows 7.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 3327 Mb
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, 512 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 509906 MB, Free - 305018 MB; D: Total - 205479 MB, Free - 183636 MB; E: Total - 715401 MB, Free - 300404 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC., P5Q-PRO
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Updated and Enabled
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Aug 15, 2012
I'm running Windows 7 and have been unable to remove the below entry from my windows explorer download folder. When I trying deleting the file, I received an error message stating unable to locate the file.
_USAJ-PRDDSFS1_Candidate_9637_7639_F1C9BB75-8A05-4B7F-B044-A2BC2D0295B8.pdf
I've trying removing the file from the command prompt, safe mode, and other advanced uninstaller programs, but they can't locate the file.
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Nov 3, 2009
I Cleaned installed Windows 7 (64bit) to dual boot with my already existing Windows XP SP3 (32bit). Everything is great and life is fantastic!
I'm ready to remove XP now.
Any suggestions on the steps to follow, and remove XP, without screwing up my fast, great and fully working Windows 7.
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Mar 8, 2011
I have a system that dual boots with Windows 7 (64 bit) and Windows XP (32 bit); each OS is on its own hard drive. I want to reformat the Windows 7, deleting the OS in the process. What I'm wondering is where is the boot loader located? Is it on the Windows 7 drive (since it was installed after XP), and will I need to do anything special to have the system load Windows XP by default after the Windows 7 installation is gone? Will the system simply detect the old XP installation and load it without the bootloader?
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