system folders

An attempt was made to reset Windows while keeping the personal User files intact. The reset did not finish and the PC won't boot up. I took out the hard drive to test it and check what files were on it after that Reset did not work. This is what I've found. Any help with what to delete or...

This issue is my friend's who has spent many hours building data using non-Microsoft apps. His laptop refuses to start up into Win10. Microsoft agent says the way forward is to do a custom install on the C: drive. There are three other drives that my friend has created on his 1TB HDD. He...

Hello, Have this strange folders in my C:.../local/temp directory.. vs.mcj-113109805 File Folder vs.mcj-799792520 vs.mcj602733114 when click on that folder, I got msg That I don't have permission to access this folder. I have an option to get access to this folder. When click "continue" I got...

After having disabled the option "protect my system folders) I had a look on my folders and found 4 (!) different RECYCLE BINs on my second, non-system partition D: Have a look at the attached snapshot of my WinExplorer view and the corresponding listing with "dir /a". Why are there so many...

I only have 1.2 GB left on 178 GB C: I looked at properties and C:/windows is 130 GB. C:/windows/temp is 30 GB and has a lock symbol on the folder icon. Is this reasonable? I have removed down to basic programs. Btw C:\users is only 20 GB. help please... Thanks!

A Windows Forum user, ussnorway, posted the following curious statement: "Correct... did you know there are folders on a Windows 10 system that you as the owner of that computer don't have the legal right to look at... nevermind change (under US law)?" Would someone be kind enough to point me...

There's a number of Windows 10 system folders that can be accessed if you know their Windows reserved names. read more Continue reading...

Win 7 64 bit. I suddenly a large number of DefaultAppPool and DefaultAppPool.IIAppPool folders have appeared in my User folder. Where did these come from? Can I delete them?

Hello I have two Internal Hard disks in my system. First one is partitioned and used for system. i don't have problem on this hard disk. My second hard disk is 500 GB, and is not partitioned. I m using this drive for storing movies and music. The problem I faced is two of the folders are...

OK following on from my other thread "Catastrophe" I have a few more questions. I have read many threads on re-creating an account which, in nearly all cases, detailed the following; 1. Create a new account in the normal manner. 2. Login with the new account to create the files. 3. Copy...

I don't know how Speedbit got into my computer but it keeps hijacking both my homepage and default search engine. This is not a browser issue though, the filth is in my System folders (I run Win 7 Ultimate x64, but this is in the x86 segment). First, of course, I tried to uninstall it, but, of...

I realise that this question has been asked before but I don't see anything recently so am not quite sure whether to add to a thread start a new one. I decided to post a new one so forgive me if I have posted badly. I am running Windows 7 x 32b Recently, and all of a sudden, ALL of the folders...

I'm running windows 7 ultimate and am trying to install some software off of a secure server at a remote location to my hard drive. The install fails every time because the my user account (an administrator) does not have full write permissions to the program files directory. I have tried...

Hey folks... I recently reorganized my computer and this included a fresh install of Windows 7 on a new disk. I backed up all my data on the old disk so that I could make sure I wasn't losing any important documents or whatever. I'm now sure I've got everything off the disk that I needed and...

Hello, I have these folders in my C:/, are the system created/needed or? $Recycle.Bin Boot Recovery Thanks.

I've Googled and searched ....... but ain't never see'd anything on this one ! I've got 2 folders at the top of my C drive, each containing a long string of numbers. But then , the names end with several "Z"s . AND, opening the folder in Explorer, you'll see a string of sub-folders , all...

^^ The title is just so some members don't ignore the post as they see the last post was likely by me, which would usually mean it's me helping someone else.. but either way. I had a real nasty virus a few days back, and ever since I finally got it removed, I've been unable to use the Windows...

Okay, firstly, I hate the look and feel of Windows 7 more than I ever thought was possible. In my quest to get it to look nicer, I ran into numerous issues with folders. For one, right inside the default Library thing, there were folders for Music and Video which I didn't even want there. So, I...

To test out another problem I was facing, I created a new user account. Now I have no use for that account, so I deleted it, but just to be on the safe side I chose to keep all files from the account. So, Windows created a folder on my desktop with the old account's name, and in it were the...

Ok the story is this, I did an upgrade from Vista to windows 7 (yeah I know but I couldn't be stuffed in re-installing everything) anyway all was smooth until I looked at all programs and it's empty. So the question is how do i fix it, I guess the first part is how do I unlock all the...