I decided to delete everything in my temp folder and got an error message that the recycle bin couldn't delete something because the name was too long.

So, I go look to see what it had trouble deleting, and found 52 +- 1 subfolders named "low."


C:\Users\Main\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low

They don't contain any files, not even the last folder.

Ramsteren wrote:

> I decided to delete everything in my temp folder and got an error
> message that the recycle bin couldn't delete something because the name
> was too long.
>
> So, I go look to see what it had trouble deleting, and found 52 +- 1
> subfolders named "low."
>
>
> C:\Users\Main\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low
>
> They don't contain any files, not even the last folder.
>
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |Filename: 2009-05-08_151223.jpg |
> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...hmentid=12713|
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>

I don't know what they are but I did a search on FOLDERS NAMED LOW
CREATED and got several hits. It appears to be associated with IE 8.
Are you using it?
Check this link for one of the hits I got.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=744492

gls858

"gls858" <gls858@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ramsteren wrote:

>> I decided to delete everything in my temp folder and got an error
>> message that the recycle bin couldn't delete something because the
>> name
>> was too long.
>>
>> So, I go look to see what it had trouble deleting, and found 52 +-
>> 1
>> subfolders named "low."

>> C:\Users\Main\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low\Low
>>
>> They don't contain any files, not even the last folder.
>>
>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>> |Filename: 2009-05-08_151223.jpg
>> |
>> |Download:
>> http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...hmentid=12713|
>> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

>
> I don't know what they are but I did a search on FOLDERS NAMED LOW
> CREATED and got several hits. It appears to be associated with IE 8.
> Are you using it?
> Check this link for one of the hits I got.
>
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=744492
>
> gls858

IE7 does the same thing on my system so it's not IE8. The link
doesn't explain the purpose of the Low folder, which is the real
question on the table now. Can anyone explain its purpose and why
deleting it causes a problem?