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Larry S. & Karen L. Moore

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Jul 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/1/99
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I have deleted web folders and all I have left over is a empty system folder icon and would like to remove it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, and have a great 4th weekend. Good day!

Larry


Alan Edwards

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Jul 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/2/99
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In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, "Larry S. & Karen L.
Moore" <cowc...@bigsky.net> wrote:

>I have deleted web folders and all I have left over is a empty system folder icon and would like to remove it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, and have a great 4th weekend. Good day!
>
>Larry

Remove it with Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace\{BDEADF00-C265-11d0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}

(that is one line but may wrap)
Backing up keys by exporting them before you delete is a good idea in
case you change your mind.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems

DANO

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Jul 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/3/99
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Alan What causes that "Blank" folder to appear in the My Computer area
anyway? I can right click on it and get an option to delete it, but it
wont?....... Is it needed? Don't see in the drop down, a properties
tab......... DANO :)


Alan Edwards

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Jul 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/3/99
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In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, "DANO"
<JOE...@prodigy.net> wrote:

It is usually a poor uninstall program that leaves it behind and must
be removed with Regedit.
Niuts & Bolts seem to make a habit of this in the past and leave Helix
File Shredder and Helix Stronghold behind, sometimes in My Computer
and sometimes on the Desktop. I gather the icon itself may be removed,
leaving the "empty folder"

The CLSID you find in the Registry may be a clue as to what it is.

DANO

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Jul 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/3/99
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I am showing TWO....one is DUN the other is DEFAULT (no value set) and
neither one matches the value code that you have typed in the above
post.....
Alan Edwards wrote in message <3790bacb...@msnews.microsoft.com>...

Alan Edwards

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Jul 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/3/99
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OOOPs!
I meant to post

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace\
and I posted the Web Folders key from a previous post
This is an export of a standard key with only DUN
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\mycomputer\NameSpace\{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}]
@="Dial-Up Networking"

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The default in Regedit should look like this:
Name Data
(default) ""
Yours as you describe it seems dubious. I have never heard of an
overriding key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER but you can check that.
You may care to export your key


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer

to a .txt file and send it to me if you want a second opinion

...Alan

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