Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

April 30, 2008

I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when they were

downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D partition

of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files to all be

on my C drive.

--

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows

sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to fit

well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So, please explain

further.

--

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

>I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when they were

> downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D

> partition

> of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

>

> Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files to all be

> on my C drive.

>

> --

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> going.

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

I understant what WOW files are but I don't know exactly what part these

particular files play in giving x32 wow support for x64. When I installed

Windows x64 or when I receive updates, the files appeared on my D drive.

"For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to fit

> well to your question since it is installed with the OS"

This is exactly my question to you. I don't know what they're doing on my D

drive instead of on my C drive where Windows placed all the other files. I

had limited input when I installed Windows and I never chose to place any

wow, x32 or x64 files on my D drive.

In the Windows folder on my C drive, there is a folder named "system32" and

a folder named "SysWOW64."

there are 3 Windows/wow folders on my D drive. The first folder is named

9bb24a76a93030d8b6bd2320 and it has a .txt doc in it named

%temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied. I'm the Administrator of my pc.

The second folder is named 9fac1b9de91c2f6fafa06eaa10c44f62 and it has a

..txt doc in it named %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied.

The third folder is named 171b624f114c1d68d406b63f61239a17. It contains 111

files with 2 folders. One folder is named "update" and the other is "wow."

I can't open either folder because access is denied. The other files are

mostly .dll's and dll.mui's. Some are exe.mui's. There is ieunatt.exe.mui,

iesetup.dll.mui

and the other is iexplore.exe.mui. There's also iexplore, ticrf, icrav03,

ie4uinit.exe.mui, an internet setup/install .exe file, and a number of others.

In addition, Microsoft "Common Files" is on my D drive which appear to be

error reporting files.

This is about all the information I can give you. I don't know why Windows

or an update placed these files on my D drive. I would like to delete them

but I don't know if Windows will crash if I do so.

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows

> sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to fit

> well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So, please explain

> further.

> --

>

> Tom

> MSMVP 1998-2007

>

> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

> >I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when they were

> > downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D

> > partition

> > of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

> >

> > Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files to all be

> > on my C drive.

> >

> > --

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> > going.

>

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

Thanks for the additional information.

I agree that it all seems very peculiar. At this point, I would surmise that

there has been some type of installer error; that some updates were

downloaded and because of some design error or anomalous event or unforeseen

situation, certain files were installed to the wrong location. These might

have been intended as temporary files but were not deleted upon update

completion. I emphasize that this thought is pure speculation. I can say

that what you describe has the characteristics of an update package. E.g.

the msi file would be the installer manifest, MUI might refer to the

Multi-Language User Interface while WOW, as previously discussed, is

Windows-on-Windows.

I recall that there was one DL a while ago that caused some system update

files related to the "Dr. Watson" facility to be mislocated.

Sorry to say, I have no information upon which to base a more useful answer

to your question. Hopefully, someone else will step up with authoritative

information.

--

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:357C9505-5FDA-4B2E-8BA4-0A7D7E574334@microsoft.com...

>I understant what WOW files are but I don't know exactly what part these

> particular files play in giving x32 wow support for x64. When I installed

> Windows x64 or when I receive updates, the files appeared on my D drive.

>

> "For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

>> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to

>> fit

>> well to your question since it is installed with the OS"

>

> This is exactly my question to you. I don't know what they're doing on my

> D

> drive instead of on my C drive where Windows placed all the other files.

> I

> had limited input when I installed Windows and I never chose to place any

> wow, x32 or x64 files on my D drive.

>

> In the Windows folder on my C drive, there is a folder named "system32"

> and

> a folder named "SysWOW64."

>

> there are 3 Windows/wow folders on my D drive. The first folder is named

> 9bb24a76a93030d8b6bd2320 and it has a .txt doc in it named

> %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied. I'm the Administrator of my

> pc.

>

> The second folder is named 9fac1b9de91c2f6fafa06eaa10c44f62 and it has a

> .txt doc in it named %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied.

>

> The third folder is named 171b624f114c1d68d406b63f61239a17. It contains

> 111

> files with 2 folders. One folder is named "update" and the other is

> "wow."

> I can't open either folder because access is denied. The other files are

> mostly .dll's and dll.mui's. Some are exe.mui's. There is

> ieunatt.exe.mui,

> iesetup.dll.mui

> and the other is iexplore.exe.mui. There's also iexplore, ticrf, icrav03,

> ie4uinit.exe.mui, an internet setup/install .exe file, and a number of

> others.

>

> In addition, Microsoft "Common Files" is on my D drive which appear to be

> error reporting files.

>

> This is about all the information I can give you. I don't know why

> Windows

> or an update placed these files on my D drive. I would like to delete

> them

> but I don't know if Windows will crash if I do so.

>

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> going.

>

> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:

>

>> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows

>> sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

>> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to

>> fit

>> well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So, please

>> explain

>> further.

>> --

>>

>> Tom

>> MSMVP 1998-2007

>>

>> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

>> >I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when they

>> >were

>> > downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D

>> > partition

>> > of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

>> >

>> > Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files to all

>> > be

>> > on my C drive.

>> >

>> > --

>> > Denise

>> >

>> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

>> > going.

>>

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

I agree with you that the first 2 are temp files so I renamed the folder by

placing ===== after the folder names. I've been running my pc for the past

12 hours and have had problems so I deleted them.

I searched for approximately 25 files that are on my D drive to see if they

were also on my C drive, and they were. Since 25 of the files are also on my

C drive, the folder that has the updates to my D drive appear to be only

copies.

It looks like the Windows installation or an update went to my D drive in

error and when I got updates, Microsoft Updates found that I didn't have

those files and installed them on my C drive.

It's the best conclusion that I can come up with. I've renamed the update

folder on my D drive and if I have no problems for the next few days, I'll

delete it.

Thanks for your help :)

--

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> Thanks for the additional information.

>

> I agree that it all seems very peculiar. At this point, I would surmise that

> there has been some type of installer error; that some updates were

> downloaded and because of some design error or anomalous event or unforeseen

> situation, certain files were installed to the wrong location. These might

> have been intended as temporary files but were not deleted upon update

> completion. I emphasize that this thought is pure speculation. I can say

> that what you describe has the characteristics of an update package. E.g.

> the msi file would be the installer manifest, MUI might refer to the

> Multi-Language User Interface while WOW, as previously discussed, is

> Windows-on-Windows.

>

> I recall that there was one DL a while ago that caused some system update

> files related to the "Dr. Watson" facility to be mislocated.

>

> Sorry to say, I have no information upon which to base a more useful answer

> to your question. Hopefully, someone else will step up with authoritative

> information.

> --

>

> Tom

> MSMVP 1998-2007

>

> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:357C9505-5FDA-4B2E-8BA4-0A7D7E574334@microsoft.com...

> >I understant what WOW files are but I don't know exactly what part these

> > particular files play in giving x32 wow support for x64. When I installed

> > Windows x64 or when I receive updates, the files appeared on my D drive.

> >

> > "For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to

> >> fit

> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS"

> >

> > This is exactly my question to you. I don't know what they're doing on my

> > D

> > drive instead of on my C drive where Windows placed all the other files.

> > I

> > had limited input when I installed Windows and I never chose to place any

> > wow, x32 or x64 files on my D drive.

> >

> > In the Windows folder on my C drive, there is a folder named "system32"

> > and

> > a folder named "SysWOW64."

> >

> > there are 3 Windows/wow folders on my D drive. The first folder is named

> > 9bb24a76a93030d8b6bd2320 and it has a .txt doc in it named

> > %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied. I'm the Administrator of my

> > pc.

> >

> > The second folder is named 9fac1b9de91c2f6fafa06eaa10c44f62 and it has a

> > .txt doc in it named %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied.

> >

> > The third folder is named 171b624f114c1d68d406b63f61239a17. It contains

> > 111

> > files with 2 folders. One folder is named "update" and the other is

> > "wow."

> > I can't open either folder because access is denied. The other files are

> > mostly .dll's and dll.mui's. Some are exe.mui's. There is

> > ieunatt.exe.mui,

> > iesetup.dll.mui

> > and the other is iexplore.exe.mui. There's also iexplore, ticrf, icrav03,

> > ie4uinit.exe.mui, an internet setup/install .exe file, and a number of

> > others.

> >

> > In addition, Microsoft "Common Files" is on my D drive which appear to be

> > error reporting files.

> >

> > This is about all the information I can give you. I don't know why

> > Windows

> > or an update placed these files on my D drive. I would like to delete

> > them

> > but I don't know if Windows will crash if I do so.

> >

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> > going.

> >

> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> >

> >> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows

> >> sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not seem to

> >> fit

> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So, please

> >> explain

> >> further.

> >> --

> >>

> >> Tom

> >> MSMVP 1998-2007

> >>

> >> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

> >> >I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when they

> >> >were

> >> > downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D

> >> > partition

> >> > of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

> >> >

> >> > Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files to all

> >> > be

> >> > on my C drive.

> >> >

> >> > --

> >> > Denise

> >> >

> >> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> >> > going.

> >>

>

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:OWEOjMoqIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows sub-system.

How about World of Warcraft? 8^)

Tom L

April 30, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

Hello Denise,

When installing OS updates, the system is scanned for appropriate volumes

to put the temp folders on.

That may be the Volume the OS is installed on or it may be a different

volume. Free disk space is one of the criteria that is used, in some cases

more is preferable.

The temp folders should have been deleted at the end of installation but

there are occasions where they are not. Items that can affect the temp

files remainng are seeing the volumes differently between reboots, the

installation was interrupted or never completed, OS changes that occured

during the package installation that affect how we see the system, etc

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

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| >I agree with you that the first 2 are temp files so I renamed the folder

by

| >placing ===== after the folder names. I've been running my pc for the

past

| >12 hours and have had problems so I deleted them.

| >

| >I searched for approximately 25 files that are on my D drive to see if

they

| >were also on my C drive, and they were. Since 25 of the files are also

on my

| >C drive, the folder that has the updates to my D drive appear to be only

| >copies.

| >

| >It looks like the Windows installation or an update went to my D drive

in

| >error and when I got updates, Microsoft Updates found that I didn't have

| >those files and installed them on my C drive.

| >

| >It's the best conclusion that I can come up with. I've renamed the

update

| >folder on my D drive and if I have no problems for the next few days,

I'll

| >delete it.

| >

| >Thanks for your help :)

| >

| >--

| >Denise

| >

| >~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

going.

| >

| >"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

| >

| >> Thanks for the additional information.

| >>

| >> I agree that it all seems very peculiar. At this point, I would

surmise that

| >> there has been some type of installer error; that some updates were

| >> downloaded and because of some design error or anomalous event or

unforeseen

| >> situation, certain files were installed to the wrong location. These

might

| >> have been intended as temporary files but were not deleted upon update

| >> completion. I emphasize that this thought is pure speculation. I can

say

| >> that what you describe has the characteristics of an update package.

E.g.

| >> the msi file would be the installer manifest, MUI might refer to the

| >> Multi-Language User Interface while WOW, as previously discussed, is

| >> Windows-on-Windows.

| >>

| >> I recall that there was one DL a while ago that caused some system

update

| >> files related to the "Dr. Watson" facility to be mislocated.

| >>

| >> Sorry to say, I have no information upon which to base a more useful

answer

| >> to your question. Hopefully, someone else will step up with

authoritative

| >> information.

| >> --

| >>

| >> Tom

| >> MSMVP 1998-2007

| >>

| >> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

| >> news:357C9505-5FDA-4B2E-8BA4-0A7D7E574334@microsoft.com...

| >> >I understant what WOW files are but I don't know exactly what part

these

| >> > particular files play in giving x32 wow support for x64. When I

installed

| >> > Windows x64 or when I receive updates, the files appeared on my D

drive.

| >> >

| >> > "For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

| >> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not

seem to

| >> >> fit

| >> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS"

| >> >

| >> > This is exactly my question to you. I don't know what they're doing

on my

| >> > D

| >> > drive instead of on my C drive where Windows placed all the other

files.

| >> > I

| >> > had limited input when I installed Windows and I never chose to

place any

| >> > wow, x32 or x64 files on my D drive.

| >> >

| >> > In the Windows folder on my C drive, there is a folder named

"system32"

| >> > and

| >> > a folder named "SysWOW64."

| >> >

| >> > there are 3 Windows/wow folders on my D drive. The first folder is

named

| >> > 9bb24a76a93030d8b6bd2320 and it has a .txt doc in it named

| >> > %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied. I'm the Administrator

of my

| >> > pc.

| >> >

| >> > The second folder is named 9fac1b9de91c2f6fafa06eaa10c44f62 and it

has a

| >> > .txt doc in it named %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied.

| >> >

| >> > The third folder is named 171b624f114c1d68d406b63f61239a17. It

contains

| >> > 111

| >> > files with 2 folders. One folder is named "update" and the other is

| >> > "wow."

| >> > I can't open either folder because access is denied. The other

files are

| >> > mostly .dll's and dll.mui's. Some are exe.mui's. There is

| >> > ieunatt.exe.mui,

| >> > iesetup.dll.mui

| >> > and the other is iexplore.exe.mui. There's also iexplore, ticrf,

icrav03,

| >> > ie4uinit.exe.mui, an internet setup/install .exe file, and a number

of

| >> > others.

| >> >

| >> > In addition, Microsoft "Common Files" is on my D drive which appear

to be

| >> > error reporting files.

| >> >

| >> > This is about all the information I can give you. I don't know why

| >> > Windows

| >> > or an update placed these files on my D drive. I would like to

delete

| >> > them

| >> > but I don't know if Windows will crash if I do so.

| >> >

| >> > Denise

| >> >

| >> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

| >> > going.

| >> >

| >> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:

| >> >

| >> >> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On Windows

| >> >> sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that

enables 32

| >> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not

seem to

| >> >> fit

| >> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So, please

| >> >> explain

| >> >> further.

| >> >> --

| >> >>

| >> >> Tom

| >> >> MSMVP 1998-2007

| >> >>

| >> >> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

| >> >> news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

| >> >> >I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when

they

| >> >> >were

| >> >> > downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the D

| >> >> > partition

| >> >> > of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

| >> >> >

| >> >> > Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files

to all

| >> >> > be

| >> >> > on my C drive.

| >> >> >

| >> >> > --

| >> >> > Denise

| >> >> >

| >> >> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where

you're

| >> >> > going.

| >> >>

| >>

| >

May 1, 2008

Re: Why were the WOW files placed on a partition of my hard drive?

Darrell,

Thanks for the information. Interesting that what I thought might have been

done in error (the location used for some of the update installer files) was

done deliberately (the location chosen as an "appropriate volume...").

--

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:dQ7RolxqIHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> Hello Denise,

> When installing OS updates, the system is scanned for appropriate volumes

> to put the temp folders on.

> That may be the Volume the OS is installed on or it may be a different

> volume. Free disk space is one of the criteria that is used, in some

> cases

> more is preferable.

> The temp folders should have been deleted at the end of installation but

> there are occasions where they are not. Items that can affect the temp

> files remainng are seeing the volumes differently between reboots, the

> installation was interrupted or never completed, OS changes that occured

> during the package installation that affect how we see the system, etc

> Thanks,

> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

>

> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

> --------------------

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> | >I agree with you that the first 2 are temp files so I renamed the

> folder

> by

> | >placing ===== after the folder names. I've been running my pc for the

> past

> | >12 hours and have had problems so I deleted them.

> | >

> | >I searched for approximately 25 files that are on my D drive to see if

> they

> | >were also on my C drive, and they were. Since 25 of the files are also

> on my

> | >C drive, the folder that has the updates to my D drive appear to be

> only

> | >copies.

> | >

> | >It looks like the Windows installation or an update went to my D drive

> in

> | >error and when I got updates, Microsoft Updates found that I didn't

> have

> | >those files and installed them on my C drive.

> | >

> | >It's the best conclusion that I can come up with. I've renamed the

> update

> | >folder on my D drive and if I have no problems for the next few days,

> I'll

> | >delete it.

> | >

> | >Thanks for your help :)

> | >

> | >--

> | >Denise

> | >

> | >~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> going.

> | >

> | >"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> | >

> | >> Thanks for the additional information.

> | >>

> | >> I agree that it all seems very peculiar. At this point, I would

> surmise that

> | >> there has been some type of installer error; that some updates were

> | >> downloaded and because of some design error or anomalous event or

> unforeseen

> | >> situation, certain files were installed to the wrong location. These

> might

> | >> have been intended as temporary files but were not deleted upon

> update

> | >> completion. I emphasize that this thought is pure speculation. I can

> say

> | >> that what you describe has the characteristics of an update package.

> E.g.

> | >> the msi file would be the installer manifest, MUI might refer to the

> | >> Multi-Language User Interface while WOW, as previously discussed, is

> | >> Windows-on-Windows.

> | >>

> | >> I recall that there was one DL a while ago that caused some system

> update

> | >> files related to the "Dr. Watson" facility to be mislocated.

> | >>

> | >> Sorry to say, I have no information upon which to base a more useful

> answer

> | >> to your question. Hopefully, someone else will step up with

> authoritative

> | >> information.

> | >> --

> | >>

> | >> Tom

> | >> MSMVP 1998-2007

> | >>

> | >> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> | >> news:357C9505-5FDA-4B2E-8BA4-0A7D7E574334@microsoft.com...

> | >> >I understant what WOW files are but I don't know exactly what part

> these

> | >> > particular files play in giving x32 wow support for x64. When I

> installed

> | >> > Windows x64 or when I receive updates, the files appeared on my D

> drive.

> | >> >

> | >> > "For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that enables 32

> | >> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not

> seem to

> | >> >> fit

> | >> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS"

> | >> >

> | >> > This is exactly my question to you. I don't know what they're

> doing

> on my

> | >> > D

> | >> > drive instead of on my C drive where Windows placed all the other

> files.

> | >> > I

> | >> > had limited input when I installed Windows and I never chose to

> place any

> | >> > wow, x32 or x64 files on my D drive.

> | >> >

> | >> > In the Windows folder on my C drive, there is a folder named

> "system32"

> | >> > and

> | >> > a folder named "SysWOW64."

> | >> >

> | >> > there are 3 Windows/wow folders on my D drive. The first folder is

> named

> | >> > 9bb24a76a93030d8b6bd2320 and it has a .txt doc in it named

> | >> > %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied. I'm the Administrator

> of my

> | >> > pc.

> | >> >

> | >> > The second folder is named 9fac1b9de91c2f6fafa06eaa10c44f62 and it

> has a

> | >> > .txt doc in it named %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI, but access is denied.

> | >> >

> | >> > The third folder is named 171b624f114c1d68d406b63f61239a17. It

> contains

> | >> > 111

> | >> > files with 2 folders. One folder is named "update" and the other

> is

> | >> > "wow."

> | >> > I can't open either folder because access is denied. The other

> files are

> | >> > mostly .dll's and dll.mui's. Some are exe.mui's. There is

> | >> > ieunatt.exe.mui,

> | >> > iesetup.dll.mui

> | >> > and the other is iexplore.exe.mui. There's also iexplore, ticrf,

> icrav03,

> | >> > ie4uinit.exe.mui, an internet setup/install .exe file, and a number

> of

> | >> > others.

> | >> >

> | >> > In addition, Microsoft "Common Files" is on my D drive which appear

> to be

> | >> > error reporting files.

> | >> >

> | >> > This is about all the information I can give you. I don't know why

> | >> > Windows

> | >> > or an update placed these files on my D drive. I would like to

> delete

> | >> > them

> | >> > but I don't know if Windows will crash if I do so.

> | >> >

> | >> > Denise

> | >> >

> | >> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where

> you're

> | >> > going.

> | >> >

> | >> > "Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> | >> >

> | >> >> The only WOW I can think of at the moment is the Windows On

> Windows

> | >> >> sub-system. For example, the WOW sub-system of Windows 64 that

> enables 32

> | >> >> bit applications run on the 64 bit system. However that does not

> seem to

> | >> >> fit

> | >> >> well to your question since it is installed with the OS. So,

> please

> | >> >> explain

> | >> >> further.

> | >> >> --

> | >> >>

> | >> >> Tom

> | >> >> MSMVP 1998-2007

> | >> >>

> | >> >> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> | >> >> news:86868128-BB14-4DBC-BD37-6132C5F899DA@microsoft.com...

> | >> >> >I was given no option as to where the WOW should be placed when

> they

> | >> >> >were

> | >> >> > downloaded and installed. They were automatically placed on the

> D

> | >> >> > partition

> | >> >> > of my main drive. Why were they placed there?

> | >> >> >

> | >> >> > Can they be safely moved to my C drive? I want my program files

> to all

> | >> >> > be

> | >> >> > on my C drive.

> | >> >> >

> | >> >> > --

> | >> >> > Denise

> | >> >> >

> | >> >> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where

> you're

> | >> >> > going.

> | >> >>

> | >>

> | >

>

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