multiple empty folders being generated in C:\Users\Derek\AppData\Local

On 11/27/2011, Ed Cryer posted:
> McAfee came with a couple of months' free use, and I've left it in just for
> the fun and ride. I'll install AVG or maybe MSE when it expires.

Don't forget to track down the full uninstaller on the McAfee site!

I *am* making an assumption here (I think I read it somewhere) that
like Symantec, the normal uninstallation process won't do the trick
with McAfee, so you have to find & use the heavy hitter software from
their site.

I suspect you knew this, but maybe someone else could use the info.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 28/11/2011 21:28, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On 11/27/2011, Ed Cryer posted:
>> McAfee came with a couple of months' free use, and I've left it in
>> just for the fun and ride. I'll install AVG or maybe MSE when it expires.
>
> Don't forget to track down the full uninstaller on the McAfee site!
>
> I *am* making an assumption here (I think I read it somewhere) that like
> Symantec, the normal uninstallation process won't do the trick with
> McAfee, so you have to find & use the heavy hitter software from their
> site.
>
> I suspect you knew this, but maybe someone else could use the info.
>

Yes, I knew that and I've got the uninstaller bookmarked.
Thanks for the tip though.

Ed

On 28/11/2011 13:28, Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 27/11/2011 17:21, Ed Cryer wrote:
>> On 23/11/2011 23:16, Derek wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:56:42 +0000, Ed Cryer<>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23/11/2011 20:42, Derek wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:58:14 -0500, Nil
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23 Nov 2011, Derek<> wrote in
>>>>>> alt.windows7.general:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, no problems here, either. I made a restore point and got rid
>>>>>>> of them. It would be comforting to know what generates them
>>>>>>> though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you can predict approximately WHEN the files are created, there
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> utilities such as Sysinternals Process Explorer that can identify
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> created them. It's probably not something you want running for an
>>>>>> extended time, though, because it amasses a huge amount of data and
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> bog the system down while it's running.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I'll Google about a bit for it and see what it does.
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently commissioning a brand new computer with Win7 HP 64-bit.
>>>> There are no empty folders as yet in C:\Users\******\AppData\Local. I'm
>>>> doing it in small chunks as time comes available.
>>>> I've finished the initialisation, all Win Updates, installed a few
>>>> things. It's still got McAfee and Nero in it, plus lots of other
>>>> OEM-provided junk.
>>>> I'll be looking in the folder quite regularly, so I might have a better
>>>> idea in days to come.
>>>> I'll be back here when one appears.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>
>>> If I were doing that I'd create a shortcut to the folder and put it on
>>> my task bar to regularly check it. Just a thought. ;-)
>>
>> Not a single one has appeared yet, and I've nearly finished the full
>> installation process.
>> While there are no empty folders there are, however, about 300MB of
>> stuff in the Local/Temp folder.
>>
>> I come back to AVG because I haven't installed that yet. I'm
>> accumulating circumstantial evidence for it.
>> McAfee came with a couple of months' free use, and I've left it in just
>> for the fun and ride. I'll install AVG or maybe MSE when it expires.
>>
>> Now's the time for suggestions. I can install things and see if some of
>> those empty folders turn up.
>> On my old machine there are two more of the damn things timed at
>> 13-00hrs and 19-30hrs yesterday.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>
> This lot of people here;
> http://tinyurl.com/cwuf76a
> seem pretty certain it's WLM and other Windows Live Essential programs.
>
> Ed
>

Yes, they finally started appearing; and immediately after I'd said yes
to the Windows Live form. I had already used WL Mail without being
asked, but today I clicked on WL Writer and up came the form.
A pair appeared straight away with a two seconds' gap in timing.

Ed