Solved Difficult to delete folder.

[Smurfyy]

Okay, I'm just loading the Ubuntu live CD now. The CD I have is 9.10, but it shouldn't make a massive difference. I have a spare 40GB drive that I have pre-loaded with Windows Seven Pro to do this with, so it's cool, I'll also be posting within Ubuntu using FireFox.

Okay, so I'm going to try and do this as steps, for each picture there will be a step.

Picture/step 1- So load the live cd, once it has loaded you have the plain desktop.
Picture/step 2- Click places along the top bar, and click computer.
Picture/step 3- Once it loads, you should see you're hard drives and stuff, I'm going to use the 40GB filesystem as an example here. Open you're C: drive.
Picture/step 4- The contents of you're C: drive should show up now.
Picture/step 5- I'm going to navigate to "/media/6A1049EA1049BDB7/Users/Daniel/Documents" and delete the "My Stuff" folder.
Picture/step 6- Right-click the folder and click "Move to trash"
Picture/step 7- The folder should be gone.

 

[witten1972]

Hi Danny

Thank you for the step by step explanation, it looks very logical when I see those screenshots. I'm not used to see a "Taskbar" at the top of my screen, so maybe I overlooked that. The fact that I'm using a 32 inch screen and used to look at the bottom of my screen could explain that I missed it.
I don't know which version of Ubuntu I have, but I've dwnldd the stable version 10, so I'm gonna burn and boot.
Fingers crossed...

Thanks buddy, best regards Carlo

 

[Smurfyy]

Hey! Good luck!
I'm also worried that the screenshots come out so small, they were taken on a 19inch widescreen monitor, but hey, if it's readable there's no problems
Again, good luck

 

[witten1972]

Hi Danny

Thank you a hundred million times, it worked as 1, 2, 3.
Great job man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This version of Ubuntu 10 looks much better then the old one I had on a CD somewhere, and I had no trouble at all removing it.
Just browsed to the locations and moved the necessary folders to the trash, were it belongs.
Hopefully I’m not too excited, I still need to verify in Windows, but so far so good.

You made my day dude, and probably fron everybody who participated in this awful ordeal.
I would recommend this tip to everyone.

Again, a zillion THANK YOU VERY MUCH’S.

Best regards Carlo

 

[witten1972]

I have notified Dan for he has a lot of experience with Ubuntu

Thank you buddy, Danny lived up to his reputation, my problems are fixed/

Best regards Carlo.

 

[witten1972]

Why not just set them to hide and forget about it?
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/86163-hidden-files-folders.html

Hi Richard

Just wanted to let you know that Ubuntu did the job,thanks to member Smurfyy

 

[witten1972]

Hi Carlo,

A couple of things.

1. Every file and folder in the system is not included in the registry. It does have a great many, but nowhere near all of them. So removing everything relating to "Mafia" from the registry will not necessarily remove all files and folders from the system.

2. There may be entries in the registry that relate to "Mafia" but do not contain the word "Mafia" anywhere in them - they may be in coded form and extremely difficult to find. Frankly, I'm surprised you found any after running Revo in Advanced Mode as it generally finds and provides the option to remove all such related items - but we're dealing with a special case here.

3. IMHO, the problem is that the program was either corrupt (possible, but not my first choice) or was intentionally or unintentionally modified (revising some files, adding files, removing files) and essentially changing it from the official version (possibly or probably to bypass security protecting the software from exactly what was done or even to maliciously alter things to include malware, ways to access the computer with special hacking programs, or create problems such as you are experiencing - again, possibly intentionally, but in this case most likely a side-effect of some other alteration). Since we don't know what was changed (they could have altered actual system files and then disguised it well enough so it isn't being detected), it's almost impossible to identify the cause and resolve the problem (short of something drastic like a clean install or a restore to factory settings and starting over again - I'm not sure if a system repair/upgrade will help, but if you have a genuine Vista installation disk, it's probably worth a try before the much more drastic clean install) as we have seen with the many different approaches attempted already - many of which should almost certainly have worked (and probably would have worked with a legitimate program from legitimate sources).

4. Ubuntu is a good suggestion because it uses a different Operation System and, as such, may work when using the system's OS (even if done from DOS on a boot disk) isn't doing the trick. It's certainly worth a try. The worst that will happen is it too doesn't work (and you have a good disk to keep as it may come in handy for other purposes). And who knows, maybe it might even work (in which case many of us will be thinking that option a whole lot earlier than we did in this thread if we ever encounter something like this again).

After this, and short of something a bit more drastic than warranted (I mean, after all, it's only two or three unwanted and worthless folders that aren't causing any harm where they are - assuming you really are completely clear of malware or intrusions or other problems which have yet to be revealed), I believe most of us will have exhausted all our ideas (though I could be wrong - but I know I have no further suggestions that aren't overly drastic).

I sincerely hope Ubuntu does the trick. Assuming nobody has any better ideas or anything else that hasn't already been tried, how far you want to take it after that if it too doesn't work is entirely your decision. If you have all the software and drivers and codes and backup your data and make note of your settings and put forth the time and effort to essentially re-install and re-configure everything, then I'm almost 100% certain a clean install (or a restore to factory conditions) will solve the problem. Frankly, I would just live with the problem before I went to that extreme, but it's your computer and your choice to make. If you decide to go that route anyway, then post back and we'll provide assistance with instructions or whatever help you need.

Good luck and best wishes!

Hi Lorien

Just want to let you know that Ubuntu did the job, thanks to member Smurfyy.

 

[witten1972]

Hey! Good luck!
I'm also worried that the screenshots come out so small, they were taken on a 19inch widescreen monitor, but hey, if it's readable there's no problems
Again, good luck

Hi Danny

I tuned in to confirm that the job is completed with a 100% succes rate!!
As a matter of fact, I could even cure a problem with my external drive who denied my access to check for disk errors. (A gold medal for Ubuntu!)
In this, my hundredth post on this great educational forum I would like to thank you again for the help, and ofcourse to everyone else too.

Don't know who did this but I see that I recieved a "Skilled" emblem, which I 'm delighted for. Gonna sleep very well indeed, goodnight to you all.

Best regards Carlo

 

[Smurfyy]

Great! Glad it worked!
I also think Josh is owed some here too for calling me over.
Thanks for the rep also guys, appreciate it!

 

[Shadowjk]

I only called you because you Know some stuff about Ubuntu Thank you as well for the Rep Carlo

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi all,

Glad the suggestion worked.

I could not guide anyone through the process to delete the folder & files etc. because the booted CD did not see my HDD's, any of them?

It's nice to see the power of the forum coming together to sort out OP issues. There is enough experience on the forum to answer most, if not all questions, when we work together & that's what makes the forum so good!

Paul H.

 

[Smurfyy]

It's nice to see the power of the forum coming together to sort out OP issues. There is enough experience on the forum to answer most, if not all questions, when we work together & that's what makes the forum so good!

+1 to that, the community on this forum is amazing

 

[richc46]

To both Dan and Paul good job.
Rep to both.

 

[witten1972]

Hi all,

Glad the suggestion worked.

I could not guide anyone through the process to delete the folder & files etc. because the booted CD did not see my HDD's, any of them?

It's nice to see the power of the forum coming together to sort out OP issues. There is enough experience on the forum to answer most, if not all questions, when we work together & that's what makes the forum so good!

Paul H.

Hi Paul

You mentioned this in your post; "I could not guide anyone through the process to delete the folder & files etc. because the booted CD did not see my HDD's, any of them?"

I had the same problem with an older version of Ubuntu I had in a drawer somewhere. But I dwnldd and burned version 10.0 and after booting I immediately found my way. Please do not forget to choose the "Try" option in the menu, instead of installing Ubuntu.
Give it a shot and you'll see the improvement. Since my last experience I regard Ubuntu as a must have and a real time saver.

I agree on working together on this forum.
Many hands make light jobs.

Carlo

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi,

Thank you for the comments & recommendation of Ubuntu, unfortunately it was the same 10.10 version I downloaded as I recommended on this thread. Desktop | Ubuntu

When I booted into the CD it did not see any of my HDD's 3 x 500Gig SATA drives. It only showed the CD drive stuff. Hence I stopped recommending information for you to follow.

Thankfully there where other forum members (Shadowjk & Smurfyy) to continue the idea which thankfully lead to your satisfaction.

Me on the other hand, I need to investigate the CD operation a little more to get it to work on my HP desktop.

 

[witten1972]

Hi,

Thank you for the comments & recommendation of Ubuntu, unfortunately it was the same 10.10 version I downloaded as I recommended on this thread. Desktop | Ubuntu

When I booted into the CD it did not see any of my HDD's 3 x 500Gig SATA drives. It only showed the CD drive stuff. Hence I stopped recommending information for you to follow.

Thankfully there where other forum members (Shadowjk & Smurfyy) to continue the idea which thankfully lead to your satisfaction.

Me on the other hand, I need to investigate the CD operation a little more to get it to work on my HP desktop.

Hi Paul

If its any consolation I have an HP Pavilion Elite, and it worked on my pc, and since yours is HP too it should work I guess.
Maybe Ubuntu on your cd is wrong (32 or 64 bit), I don't know, just guessing here.

Carlo

 

[Lottiemansion]

Carlo,

I will try Ubuntu again soon. I downloaded the 32 bit which is the same as the Windows 32 bit system. It could have been me because I have only used Linux once or twice: - Aurora (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & I didn't get on with that!

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi,

Did a HDD install last night & all is well (External USB disk).

I am not sure what happened during the CD (Trial) boot. So I now have a Ubuntu bootable USB disk too. I must say it does look good.

Thank you for the push to do it.
Paul H.

 

[witten1972]

Hi Paul

You helped me out a few days ago, so I'm glad to do something back.
I'm just curious here, but can you tell me how much space Ubuntu occupies on your external HDD once you installed it?

Carlo

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi,

Ubuntu occupies 2.7 Gig of 10 Gig.

Paul H.