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What's this folder?: c8c6ac6192a47b59df

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Mar 15, 20264672 views
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I'm running Win XP SP3 on an IBM R50e laptop, and I just realized a folder named in the root of my C:\ drive. I can see 2 folders in it named and . These two folders cannot be opened. XP says: c8c6ac6192a47b59df cannot be accessed. Access Denied. However, when I view the properties of the strangely…

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c8c6ac6192a47b59df

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Fix for: What's this folder?: c8c6ac6192a47b59df

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While I can't say for sure, it sounds like some application installer was using the root of the drive for a temporary location, instead of the more logical C:\tmp (or some similar name). This installer forgot to wipe its temporary files or was inter…

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