Folder in windows is bugging me

Theres an empty folder...on my second partition, I don't know what it went to but the name of the folder is "yep" (sounds like something i would do". But its completely empty, and I can't delete it, it says its write protected or in use, and i can't open it, says I and restricted from it. Ive tried deleting it in safe mode...Any idea on what to do?

 

boot into safe mode and delete it

 

ive tried deleting it in safe mode

 

I've used moveonboot in the past for when this happens

 

Log in as hidden admin and remove it.

 

hidden admin? how?

 

another good trick is to open task manager (ctrl alt del), as well as a command prompt (cmd.exe)
Now, from task manager, close explorer.exe
Through the command window, you should now be able to delete files that were previously in use. (Just 'cd' to the folder, then 'del' it, just like in the good old dos days)
Finally, restart explorer.exe (either through the command prompt, or from task manager -> file -> new task

 

Go to your control panel -> user account -> Change the way users log on and off (or something like that) and disable quick user switching and the welcome screen. Log off, then log on as "administrator" with the password you set up during the install process.

It could also be an ownership issue. Right click on the folder, choose properties, security - > advanced -> owner. Change the owner to your user, then try to delete it.

 

i logged into the admin account under safemode and it still said it was in use... How would i go about deleting it through command prompt...

the folder is in the d drive

D: > yep
what would the command prompt line be like to delete it? the folder

 

'del yep /S'

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=112123&highlight=hidden+admin

That will give you full admin privledges. I do highly suggest you enable a password for the system admin and be sure you ONLY use this in the rare instance you must remove or alter a system component. DO NOT use it as your everyday account, as it is very easy to destroy your computer with complete admin privledges.

 

Wouldn't it be like the following?

Code:

rmdir /s yep

rmdir delete's a folder and the /s switch tells it to do everything below it including files. Correct me if I am wrong. I'm going to double check it on my laptop when I go on break here.

 

hmm, possibly... I think both would work, actually. (del is for files mainly, but with /s, it recurses through folders too)

But yeah, now you mention it, I suppose rmdir is the "proper" command for it. Couldn't remember that one though...

 

ack too much stuff...i cant figure out how to get admin to show up because i type in User Accounts in the command prompt and nothing happens so im stuck there. And im not sure what to type in for deleting the folder under command prompt..gah.

 

when i type in rmdir /s yep under the command prompt after I ended explorer it says that the system cannot find the file specified...

its on my D drive not my C drive which my windows is on..if that makes any difference.

 

If you're having this much trouble with command prompt, why not just use moveonboot like I posted before? I know it *one more program*, but its better than having something like this bug you. Trust me!

Post 666... I'm evil! Don't listen to my advice!

 

umm...even that program said that access was denied...humm...

 

Wow dang. That one saved me when I got hit with "access denied". Hidden admin? No. Cancel explorer.exe? No. Moveonboot does it. I'll let the clever people come back to you on this one...

 

open the command prompt

it's been a while since I've used Windows, but you need to change to the appropriate drive. try just typing in "d:", or try typing "cd d:" without quotes, obviously. then type "dir" which will list the contents of the drive, just to make sure that you're at the right spot, then use the "rmdir" command others have suggested.

 

i switch to D drive, and type in rmdir yep while explorer has been end-taskeded...lol...and it comes up with "access is denied."

 

funny thing is i don't even know where this folder came from..theres 0 bytes in it, 0 files in it, i cant open it, i cant delete it, i cant change the name, its just there.....

 

Have you done a complete virus/trojan/malware scan? If not, you should do one soon.

You can try terminating processes - if something is accessing that folder, you may regain control if you find the offending process and terminate it.

 

yeah ive done a virus scan with AVG Pro and Zone Alarm Security Suite...neither picks up anything, and my system is running fine.

 

Unlocker may be an application you want to try. Apparently after you install it all you have to is right-click on the folder and select Unlocker. Then it will allow you to "unlock" the file so you may delete it. You can even kill the process that is locking the file to begin with from here. If you want to delete the folder (which apparently you do looking over this thread...) then select Delete from the dropdown prior to clicking "Unlock All". See if this works for you and report back. The program is freeware.

So in summary...

1. Download and install Unlocker
2. Right click on the folder
3. Select Unlocker
4. Select Delete from the dropdown on the lower-left corner of the window.
5. Click Unlock All

 

unlocker said nothing was locking it...so i told it to delete it at next reboot...i'll reboot as soon as im done with a different thing and let u know if it did anything

 

didnt work..

 

Boot into safe mode as the root administrator. Start killing off unnecessary processes one at a time - after each termination try to delete the folder.

Also, did you check the ownership of the folder, and have you checked for hidden files within that folder?

You may want to get a registry cleaner and clean up your registry.

 

i clean my registry regularly with 2 different programs, no hidden files in it...

 

Look up yep folder. Yep sounds like some sort of program...

I'd reformat honestly.

 

nah, maybe, i tried deleting it once...and it deleted it on the disk..but windows still sees it...but its not really there...lol o well not worth having to reformat..and plus its on my media partition with all my songs and movies on it..so i'll just deal