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The user initially reported that after uninstalling the hidden folder tool Winmend Folder Hidden, strange empty folders remained in the root directories of their drives, which could not be deleted through usual or boot CD methods. Despite unsuccessful removal attempts, the user later confirmed they had resolved the issue. The thread primarily discusses the difficulty of removing residual folders created by the software and ends with the user indicating a solution was found.

pstein

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Some time ago I tried out the hidden folder tool Winmend Folder Hidden
free available from here:

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I uninstalled it later.
Now I found out that this tool installed silently a strange empty folder in root directory of each partition:

C:\Winmend~Folder~Hidden\...\...\cn\

Mind the two 3-dots-folders!

Unfortunately the uninstall procedure does NOT remove these folders.
All my efforts to remove this folder (hierarchy) were not successful.
It seems to my that these folder are not locked.
They folder names simply are not allowed in Win7 but possible.

Even removal tries from BootCD could not delete them.

So how do I get rid of them?

Peter