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General => General => Topic started by: locksmith on 04 September 2013, 10:43:32 am
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On my C drive got a couple of folders with strange names like 279656dd18688b51ecb89.
When I click on them I get a security box saying you do not currently have access to this folder, click here to get access.
Are they legit items or should I be worried? Virus scans have found nothing.
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Typically not something I would worry about - what version of Windows are you running (inferred from your mention of the C Drive)?
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Windows 7
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I suspect they're folders created by Windows update or possibly the system restore/backup background process. They shouldn't be there and the likelihood is that some updates failed but I shouldn't worry unduly Windows machines act strangely after a while anyway and it won't be easy to fix.
Maybe time for the two yearly rebuild (that's what I do)
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For your info the folder names are based on GUID's which are supposed to be globally unique identifiers, just another way of getting a unique folder name.
More info here
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/136849/what-are-the-folders-on-the-c-drive-with-long-names-containing-random-letters-and-numbers/ (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/136849/what-are-the-folders-on-the-c-drive-with-long-names-containing-random-letters-and-numbers/)
Try a Google search for "c drive folder guid" if you want to do some research. Strictly speaking it should be system drive rather than c drive but that just returns rubbish.
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ah, all is explained!