Cannot Delete Folder...

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Hi:

I have a "brainteaser" that maybe somebody somewhere might know the answer. I just reformatted a Toshiba laptop that had AOL 8.0 in the initial installation programs. However, when I went to uninstall it with Add/Remove it said that it could not find the AOL program, even though it was definitely installed.

Therefore I had to manually uninstall AOL, including deleting all the Registry entries etc with regedit. I had noticed that the AOL program icon was listed in the My Computer screen at the bottom under Other. Just this one icon was there.

When I manually deleted AOL, as described above, it apparently deleted everything within this AOL folder in the My Computer screen; however, now I am left with just a blank folder icon there with no name. There is no apparent way that I can delete this blank folder from the My Computer screen without going back into the Registry to do so, but I don't have a clue how you would ever find this blank folder with no name in the Registry to delete it.

If anyone has any idea as to how this blank folder can be deleted I would be most appreciative. It's no big deal, but I know that someone has the skills to accomplish this task. It's way above my limited knowledge.

Thanks
 
Hi,

Could be a namespace entry, you'd have to delete the corresponding subkey in
the registry under this one:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi:

I have a "brainteaser" that maybe somebody somewhere might know the
answer. I just reformatted a Toshiba laptop that had AOL 8.0 in the initial
installation programs. However, when I went to uninstall it with Add/Remove
it said that it could not find the AOL program, even though it was
definitely installed.

Therefore I had to manually uninstall AOL, including deleting all the
Registry entries etc with regedit. I had noticed that the AOL program icon
was listed in the My Computer screen at the bottom under Other. Just this
one icon was there.

When I manually deleted AOL, as described above, it apparently deleted
everything within this AOL folder in the My Computer screen; however, now I
am left with just a blank folder icon there with no name. There is no
apparent way that I can delete this blank folder from the My Computer screen
without going back into the Registry to do so, but I don't have a clue how
you would ever find this blank folder with no name in the Registry to delete
it.

If anyone has any idea as to how this blank folder can be deleted I would
be most appreciative. It's no big deal, but I know that someone has the
skills to accomplish this task. It's way above my limited knowledge.

Thanks
 
Hi Rick:

No doubt that you are right on target related to the folder problem, as I
have previously been to my registry to where you describe. However, my
problem is I do not know the exact registry entry to delete.

Maybe if I can describe to you the folders/files that I have within the
NameSpace folder you can assist me further. I have three folders within the
NameSpace folder. The first is a folder that has entry
(955B7B84-5308-419c-8ED8-0B9CA3C56985). The second folder is named Controls
with only a (Default) key. The third folder is named DelegateFolders and has
two entries listed: (59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee) and
(640167b4-59b0-47a6-b335-a6b3c0695aea).

Hopefully the above info will allow you to provide me with further
instructions.

Thanks,

Tom
 
Hi Rick:

I want to thank you so much for your assistance, as I knew there was
someone out there who would know the answer to my question. I just had to
find the right person and that was you!

I Googled the first registry entry that I cited below and found that was
the AOL shell folder that I wanted to delete, which I did and this resolved
my problem. I should have thought of this before I sent you my earlier
reply.

Thanks again for all your great assistance.

Tom
 
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