Vista - Delete Folder

I have several partitions on 2 hard drives on the PC with Vista Business.
I noticed that after some installations (today I installed SP2 for SQL2005)
on the drive not related to the main partition (it exists for data storage
explicitely) there is a new folder with the name containing just random
charachters, something like 4a5a8b......
Inside of that folder I see a single file with .log extension.
I tried to open that file - "Access denied" was the answer. I tried to
delete it with the same result - "Access denied"
I wouldn't want to see any garbage on my drives. How do I remove those
folders? They are not removed after rebooting, they do not become available
for deletion. If they are program folders then why they are not placed on C:
drive somewhere? They appear on F:, G: drives.

vovan

In article <#kBhUERXHHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, vovan <someone@vovan.com> says...
> I have several partitions on 2 hard drives on the PC with Vista Business.
> I noticed that after some installations (today I installed SP2 for SQL2005)
> on the drive not related to the main partition (it exists for data storage
> explicitely) there is a new folder with the name containing just random
> charachters, something like 4a5a8b......
> Inside of that folder I see a single file with .log extension.
> I tried to open that file - "Access denied" was the answer. I tried to
> delete it with the same result - "Access denied"
> I wouldn't want to see any garbage on my drives. How do I remove those
> folders? They are not removed after rebooting, they do not become available
> for deletion. If they are program folders then why they are not placed on C:
> drive somewhere? They appear on F:, G: drives.

Maybe you can remove them in safe mode?

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> In article <#kBhUERXHHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, vovan
<someone@vovan.com> says...
> > I have several partitions on 2 hard drives on the PC with Vista Business.
> > I noticed that after some installations (today I installed SP2 for SQL2005)
> > on the drive not related to the main partition (it exists for data storage
> > explicitely) there is a new folder with the name containing just random
> > charachters, something like 4a5a8b......
> > Inside of that folder I see a single file with .log extension.
> > I tried to open that file - "Access denied" was the answer. I tried to
> > delete it with the same result - "Access denied"
> > I wouldn't want to see any garbage on my drives. How do I remove those
> > folders? They are not removed after rebooting, they do not become available
> > for deletion. If they are program folders then why they are not placed on C:
> > drive somewhere? They appear on F:, G: drives.

What does the remainder of the Access Denied error say? Is it "access denied
you do not have permission" or "access denied the files are in use?" If it is
the former you may have a little shield on one of the buttons that allows you
to elevate and delete the folder. If not, right-click it, go to the security
tab, and change the permissions to give yourself the right to delete it.

If it is the latter then you can't delete it while a program has it open.
You would need to get the program to close the handle. Process Explorer can
help you find out which program has the handle open.