Guest ICU Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 Apparently about 3 months ago somehow a folder called Binaries appeared was installed or appeared on C:/, with two files inside, one is called SoapVDir.exe, the other is a VB script file. The question is, what is their function, what or who installed it and can it be uninstalled without causing problems? BTW when I say who I mean what piece of software?(G) TIA ICU
Guest ICU Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? ICU <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote in news:Xns9AE771ADF64B4ICU@208.49.82.187: > Apparently about 3 months ago somehow a folder called Binaries > appeared was installed or appeared on C:/, with two files inside, one > is called SoapVDir.exe, the other is a VB script file. > The question is, what is their function, what or who installed it and > can it be uninstalled without causing problems? > BTW when I say who I mean what piece of software?(G) > TIA > > ICU > > > Geez...ya mean no one in this group can answer my question...gotta be a first.(G) TIA ICU
Guest Elmo Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? ICU wrote: > ICU <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote in news:Xns9AE771ADF64B4ICU@208.49.82.187: > >> Apparently about 3 months ago somehow a folder called Binaries >> appeared was installed or appeared on C:/, with two files inside, one >> is called SoapVDir.exe, the other is a VB script file. >> The question is, what is their function, what or who installed it and >> can it be uninstalled without causing problems? >> BTW when I say who I mean what piece of software?(G) >> TIA >> >> ICU >> >> >> > > Geez...ya mean no one in this group can answer my question...gotta be a > first.(G) > > TIA > > ICU A Google search has a few hundred hits including this one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa257915(SQL.80).aspx http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SoapVDir&btnG=Google+Search -- Joe =o)
Guest ICU Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? Elmo <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in news:epeoLWP8IHA.4820 @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > ICU wrote: >> ICU <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote in news:Xns9AE771ADF64B4ICU@208.49.82.187: >> >>> Apparently about 3 months ago somehow a folder called Binaries >>> appeared was installed or appeared on C:/, with two files inside, one >>> is called SoapVDir.exe, the other is a VB script file. >>> The question is, what is their function, what or who installed it and >>> can it be uninstalled without causing problems? >>> BTW when I say who I mean what piece of software?(G) >>> TIA >>> >>> ICU >>> >>> >>> >> >> Geez...ya mean no one in this group can answer my question...gotta be a >> first.(G) >> >> TIA >> >> ICU > > A Google search has a few hundred hits including this one: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa257915(SQL.80).aspx > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SoapVDir&btnG=Google+Search > Well I guess I should mentioned in my first post that I did a google on SoapvDir before I posted here and got nowhere...one or two hits on people with basically the same question I asked and no real understandable answers. Lots of hits on how to use it plus tons of techno gab and so forth but nothing that gave me any indication what it was doing on my harddrive or any suggestion as to how it got there, nothing aboutwether I could just uninstall it or if it was installed by a MS update or if it was now needed for the computer to function properly. So after trying to follow up on three or four pages of useless google hits on the subject I posted my question here BTW using the google search url you provided the first three hits from google now are my two posts and yours.(G) Thanks for taking the time to try and help, much appreciated. ICU
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? Right-click the VBS file, click Edit, press Ctrl-A to Select All, then Ctrl-C to Copy it, then use Ctrl-V to paste it into a reply here. It's what's in the VBS file that concerns me. And the fact that all of the hits for MSDN, et al, speak of SoapVDir.CMD, not SoapVDir.EXE. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "ICU" <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Xns9AE771ADF64B4ICU@208.49.82.187... > Apparently about 3 months ago somehow a folder called Binaries appeared > was > installed or appeared on C:/, with two files inside, one is called > SoapVDir.exe, the other is a VB script file. > The question is, what is their function, what or who installed it and can > it be uninstalled without causing problems? > BTW when I say who I mean what piece of software?(G) > TIA > > ICU > >
Guest ICU Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in news:OWzbm$R8IHA.4924@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Right-click the VBS file, click Edit, press Ctrl-A to Select All, then > Ctrl-C to Copy it, then use Ctrl-V to paste it into a reply here. It's > what's in the VBS file that concerns me. And the fact that all of the > hits for MSDN, et al, speak of SoapVDir.CMD, not SoapVDir.EXE. > You are correct and this old dummy can't copy his notes correctly.(G) It was SoapVDir.cmd not .exe. It's gone now as I unnstalled both files and folder when I didn't get a reponse here for a couple of days. Thanks for the reply , much appreciated. ICU
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: What is Binaries/SoapVDir all about? Glad to hear of your mistake, <s>. Glad you got it sorted out. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "ICU" <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Xns9AEA6326BA43AICU@208.49.80.124... > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in > news:OWzbm$R8IHA.4924@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > >> Right-click the VBS file, click Edit, press Ctrl-A to Select All, then >> Ctrl-C to Copy it, then use Ctrl-V to paste it into a reply here. It's >> what's in the VBS file that concerns me. And the fact that all of the >> hits for MSDN, et al, speak of SoapVDir.CMD, not SoapVDir.EXE. >> > > You are correct and this old dummy can't copy his notes correctly.(G) > It was SoapVDir.cmd not .exe. > It's gone now as I unnstalled both files and folder when I didn't get a > reponse here for a couple of days. > Thanks for the reply , much appreciated. > > ICU >
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