Does anyone know if there is a way you can disable/prevent windows searching on a specific folder (and its subfolders and files) in windows xp?\n\nso you could store stuff in it and prevent a windows search from finding it.\n\nThanks
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Right click the folder.\nGo to properties\nMake the hidden property checked\nclick OK.
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muhahahaha its geting to the stage when ppl dont know the old DOS any more So sad!!!\n\ncd&#92;\nDir\nDir /p\ndeltree\n\nIE \n\nCd&#92;windows (would put u in the windows Directory)\n\nThen Dir (would display the whats in the Directory) dir /p will do it will breaks so u can view whats in the folder\n\nHope it helps
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Yes, it is.  I'm sorry that I don't know how to tell you exactly how to do this, but since no one else is responding, i'll tell you what i know.\n\nIf you open windows explorer and look at the folders under "My Computer," you'll find a "Shared Documents" folder.  (I have Windows XP.)  Anything you put in there is available to other computers on the network.\n\nAlso in Windows Explorer, you can right click on any folder and select Properties.  On the Sharing tab, you can make the folder available to others or make it private.  (Again, I'm basing this on Windows XP.)\n\nWell, I guess I did know how to do it!\n\nAdvice: use your system help files to learn more.
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Hi Maña! Try to check these folders:\n\nC:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;%windows user%&#92;local setting&#92;internet temporal files\n\nC:&#92;%windows home%&#92;temp&#92;internet temporal files\n\nThese are the folders that Windows Xp uses to save the Internet cache files and it is an history of almost all visited sites (cached html files, images, videos, sounds, etc).\n\nWhere:\n \nC: is your hard drive unit.\n\n%windows user%: is the user that is used to initiated a session with Windows Xp.\n\n%windows home%: is the folder where windows is intalled
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Well, I'm going to assume that you're using Windows XP, although the method should be similar to other versions of Windows.\n\nYou can choose a folder to be Hidden by right-clicking the folder, going to Properties, and checking the Hidden box under Attributes at the bottom.\n\nIf you're still seeing your hidden folder (it will appear kind of faded), it means that you currently have your option of viewing hidden folders on.  To change that, go to Tools > Folder Options > View > and select whether or not you want to be able to see your folder under the "Hidden files and folders" option.\n\nI hope this helps  :)
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It probably was, just saved somewhere other than desktop. Just start windows explorer search facility and look for most recent downloads, if its not there then you will have to free up some space before downloading again.
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Your problem could be viral... run a virus scan if you haven't already (FIRST)\nnow to find any file on your PC click \nStart\nSearch\nFiles or Folders\nand put the name of the file in the search box, make sure you're searching "My Computer" because the file you're looking for might not be in your traditional hard drive (if you have a newer computer it's possibly partitioned so it would "think" it was a separate drive)
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Yeh right, trust your intuition! I had three children in their teens, one of them a bit of a geek. Unlucky for him I have a 'Grad Dip in IT' and although as a teen he wouldn't admit it, I do know more than he does :-). I sprung them a number of times. The reason the search histories are clean is because they are hiding were they have been! This has already broken the trust rule!\n\nI think its right that you should be concerned.\n\nI circumvented there attempts to hide things from me by simply conducting file searches on the computer. I had a rule that they had to get off the computer by midnight. This is easy to find because you just do a file search by date and then sort the results by time. System files which get modified by time cannot be deleted without crashing the whole computer.\n\nNext there issue of which sites they are going to. Search histories and cookies are easy to delete. The files that get dropped on your computer by some of the suspect websites are not so easy to find or delete. Do a file search on key words such as XXX, sex, teen, naked and any of the other notorias words you can think of. You'd be amazed what comes up.\n\nLastly I recommend that, if you haven't done so already and assuming you have XP, create seperate accounts for each of your children. This allows you to do file searches on them individually and zero in on the suspect!\n\nFor XP, to do a search on your hard drive as described go START, MY COMPUTER and right click on the Harddrive (HD), select SEARCH and go for it. If you have individual accounts doublt left click on the HD and select DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS, select the individual account your interested, right click on the folder and select search.\n\nTo Refresh, let me guess, your a teen? :-)
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The answer is that you can safely delete everything in that folder. It is the place where all the programs you have ever installed leave garbage, like installers and logs of activity.\n\nIf you are new to this sort of thing, try to find your Temporary Internet Files, which are a cache of all the web pages you have ever visited that make your computer load web pages faster. They suck disk space if you don't clean them regularly, and if you don't want a list of EVERY site you visit on your computer you have cause for concern. They'r hidden here: \nC:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;{Insert Your User Name Here}&#92;Local Settings&#92;Temporary Internet Files\n\nIgnore the drive D thing. That's probably Windows Recovery, which mirrors your regular architecture so you can restore the whole thing if you do something foolish, like delete the whole Temporary folder and not just the contents.
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Try spybot search and destroy. I have found that it finds the little things other progrmas don't. You can find it by searching on downloads.com. Download it then do EVERYTHING IT TELLS YOU!!!! If not, you could endanger your computer.\nHope this helps :)\nChris Sterling
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I'm pretty sure there should not be any ActiveX controls in the default folder templates on Win2K, so it sounds like a virus to me. Run an anti-virus program if you have one, or install one if you can (I recommend AVG -- http://free.grisoft.com/ -- it's awesome and free). If that doesn't help, you could try reformatting and re-installing Windows, but if you do that you'll lose all your files, so your best bet is to take it to your friendly neighbourhood repair shop and get them to manually remove the virus.
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Sounds like a problem cuased by Xp SP2? Can't tell you an exact fix, but instead of clicking the link to open the Keyword checker, try pressing and holding down the mouse on the link. Then drag it to the address bar and release it. If this doesn't take you there, the link is http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
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hahaha i just spent hours finding this. i used performance then like system, then help and got really confused. dont type delete. the watson program gives a detailed account of checking and double checking as well as fix's and alotta neat tools and config opptions. im lost on it, windows is very massive, but great product.
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Is it possible that the folder got moved under another folder.  Go to Windows Explorer and open all folders.\n-MM
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simply search for software folder lock in google and download its trial its the best i have ever used and when u lock a folder through no one knows the folder is there when its actually there and u even can't find it by search!
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Hi.. There,\n\nCheck outt he Microsoft Knowledge Center,I m sure that will be very helpful\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=0
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As far as Windows is concerned its gone for ever.\n\nThe data still remains on your harddrive after permanent delete. However, Windows deletes it from the harddrive directory and marks that space as 'empty'. So in future windows will use it to write new files (in that case it is permanently gone).\n\nIf no files ever get written on it; certain crude hard drive utilities can still recover that data.\n\nThe best way to remove data PERMANENTLY INDEED is to overwrite the full drive with something like multiple copies of a word document / music file until the drive gets full.