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Old 11-17-2002, 11:29 AM
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Cannot delete files, adware?

I think this program was installed by Kazaa which has plenty of adware installed on it (BTW, if you use Kazaa, get this www.kazaalite.com, no adware) and I've since deleted the program but some folders still remain from I believe it is the adware portion. Folders such as... b3dlogo, Cache, Movies, mskin, update.

Here's the weird thing... it's on an NTFS hard-drive and if I check the security for the folders, there are no groups or users who have access to the folder, it's completely blank! So since it is completely blank, and not even the admin (me) can get access to the folder.

So how can I take ownership of these folders to delete them?

Thanks,
Derek
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Old 11-17-2002, 12:31 PM
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yo

if youve got 2 os's boot to os kazaa wasnt installed to, then delete.

it also works for other crap like movie maker, instant messenger and other xp bundled nonsence

1 thing you should do if you know what your doing is: Start > Run > msconfig and get rid of unnessesary startup stuff
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Old 11-17-2002, 01:01 PM
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Nope, just 1 OS, any other way to do it?

Thanks for the MSconfig tip though, got rid of that pesky messenger startup.
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