Posted August 1, 200816 yr For GPs I thought I'd let the group know but unfortunately I've already dispensed with the program and now I can't find the post it was recommended in. At any rate: I think the recommended program to remove invalid windows file/folder names was wininvdel. I tried it (unsuccessfully, unfortunatly) on a file I've had problems with deleting for ages. Then when I went to uninstall it, there was no entry in Add/Remove Programs for it. As it turns out it's a file written in VB6 so to uninstall it you have to go to Program Files/PurgeIE and run the uninst000.exe file from there. I recognized it because I'm also a VB6 developer. It DOES properly uninstall and there are not registry entries left behind because it doesn't make any in the first place. I don't know if the author prevented the registry from listing it in add/remove or if I just had a glitch, but thought I'd mention it here anyway. It's not malware it just doesn't seem to get added to add/remove programs list. Ymmv I suppose, but I thought it was worth mentioning in case others run into this too. Cheers, Twayne.
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