Guest rsl18@sbcglobal.net Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents. C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec 1959\I386 I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I created in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32, seem to be located many places. Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a year with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough alone? If I should relocate it, how should I proceed?
Guest Jim Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Re: I386 folder in the wrong location <rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:%23LrlWXYIJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been >at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a >subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec > 1959\I386 > I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific > I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and > determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I > created in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32, > seem to be located many places. > > Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG > and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a > year with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough > alone? If I should relocate it, how should I proceed? > > > > > > The \i386 folder is located on the system drive. This is the location for backup Windows files. It is unlikely that the system would ever find the folder in this location. However, before you do anything, search for those names to determine what they might be. As it is rather suspicious that your system has several folders named SYSTEM32, your system may be infected, and you need to run a malware scan. Jim
Guest rsl18@sbcglobal.net Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: I386 folder in the wrong location I cannot be sure that there is supposed to only one folder named "SYSTEM32." a "File Locator Pro" search reveals: C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\Desktop\seldom USED\EN-World\System32 2/28/2008: C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec 1959\I386\SYSTEM32 5/2/2008 C:\OP16Std\Prerequisite\System32 2/28/2008 C:\Program Files\pebuilder3110a\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32 5/19/2008 C:\WINDOWS\system32 9/29/2008 Also, there are folders named "I386" in several locations. My concern is that there is no I386 at C: root, nor C:\Windows. I repeat that the OS has been functioning for at least a full year with this I386 located in a My Documents subfolder. Subfolders under this particular I386 are $OEM$, ASMS, COMPDATA, DRW, LANG, SYSTEM32, AND WINNTUPG. Under WINNTUPG are subfolders ENTINF, MS, OEM, PERINF, & SRVINF. It seems to me that I could use advise about whether to move the specific I386 folder under My Documents\ . . . to another location. Or, delete it. Or as I wrote before, leave well enough alone. <rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:%23LrlWXYIJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been >at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a >subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec > 1959\I386 > I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific > I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and > determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I > created in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32, > seem to be located many places. > > Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG > and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a > year with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough > alone? If I should relocate it, how should I proceed? > > > > > > >
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