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How do you view files in C\ downloaded program files
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I deleted the contents of c\windows Downloaded Program Files folder. It is empty. But when i right click properties, it tells me there are 3 files. I have shown all files, & unchecked the OS files. So i should see everything. Where are these other 3 files. I checked another xp machine & found the same. There must be some way to view inside? Any ideas, TIA William |
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William,
Did you also uncheck the box to unhide system files. My Computer (or folder that is opened) TOOLS Folder Options Uncheck box for Hide all Files & Hide System files. When you are done, you should recheck those boxes, to hide the files again. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate "William" wrote in message ... Hi, I deleted the contents of c\windows Downloaded Program Files folder. It is empty. But when i right click properties, it tells me there are 3 files. I have shown all files, & unchecked the OS files. So i should see everything. Where are these other 3 files. I checked another xp machine & found the same. There must be some way to view inside? Any ideas, TIA William |
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Hi..yes I did that also.
"RRR_News" wrote in message ... William, Did you also uncheck the box to unhide system files. My Computer (or folder that is opened) TOOLS Folder Options Uncheck box for Hide all Files & Hide System files. When you are done, you should recheck those boxes, to hide the files again. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate "William" wrote in message ... Hi, I deleted the contents of c\windows Downloaded Program Files folder. It is empty. But when i right click properties, it tells me there are 3 files. I have shown all files, & unchecked the OS files. So i should see everything. Where are these other 3 files. I checked another xp machine & found the same. There must be some way to view inside? Any ideas, TIA William |
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"William" wrote in message ... I deleted the contents of c\windows Downloaded Program Files folder. It is empty. But when i right click properties, it tells me there are 3 files. I have shown all files, & unchecked the OS files. So i should see everything. Where are these other 3 files. I checked another xp machine & found the same. There must be some way to view inside? There is a C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files (DPF) directory on your hard drive. In that directory there is a "hidden" desktop.ini file which Windows Explorer (WE) looks at when you try to browse that folder. The desktop.ini file instructs WE to use specialized routines for displaying/manipulating the items associated with that folder. WE doesn't display a list of files that are in that directory, it displays a list of installed program-like objects (ActiveX controls, possibly Java Applets, possibly other things not sure). Lets use ActiveX controls as an example. When an ActiveX control is installed, files are stored in one or more locations on your hard drive (in your downloaded program files directory *and/or* elsewhere) and the control is "registered" (which involves creating/updating various registry keys). In order to remove it, it must be deregistered and the various files (wherever they are) deleted. The specialized view of the DPF folder is designed to shield users from all those ugly details and assure that things are removed properly. You see a simple list of installed objects, and when you "delete" or "remove" an item in the list, the files and registry keys associated with that item are removed. In WE, if you select the DPF folder to view what it "contains", look at the status bar. It will say "5 objects" or whatever... "objects". If you right click on the DPF folder and select properties, that Properties Dialog will display "8 Files, 0 Folders" or whatever.... "files" and "folders". Even if you properly uninstall all objects (ActiveX controls, etc) using the WE interface, there should still be at least one file in the DPF directory (that desktop.ini file) and there may be other files/folders. To see what the DPF directory contains, I go command line... - Start-Run, type "cmd", hit OK. Black window opens. In it... - Type "cd c:\windows\downloaded program files", hit enter. - Type "dir /a" to get a list of all files/folders Don't delete or change anything in the DPF directory unless you fully understand what you are doing or are following directions from a trustworthy source. Delete the wrong thing and you could break functionality you need and/or break the mechanism by which objects are easily uninstalled. |
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assuming you are talking windows xp...
start-run-type "command" and press enter. navigate to the relevant folder using 'cd' commands. once in the relevant folder type "attrib" and press enter for a list of all file (hidden files, system files, etc). "William" wrote in message ... Hi..yes I did that also. "RRR_News" wrote in message ... William, Did you also uncheck the box to unhide system files. My Computer (or folder that is opened) TOOLS Folder Options Uncheck box for Hide all Files & Hide System files. When you are done, you should recheck those boxes, to hide the files again. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate "William" wrote in message ... Hi, I deleted the contents of c\windows Downloaded Program Files folder. It is empty. But when i right click properties, it tells me there are 3 files. I have shown all files, & unchecked the OS files. So i should see everything. Where are these other 3 files. I checked another xp machine & found the same. There must be some way to view inside? Any ideas, TIA William |
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