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Cant find dllcache folder
Name: Fletch19 Date: January 2, 2003 at 13:13:33 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1200/256
Comment:
I ran a trojan search with a program called Digital Patrol,and it found a "suspecious" dll file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dllcache folder,but i cant seem to find the folder in the windows directory,even if i have turned "show all files" on.
Name: Sandman Date: January 2, 2003 at 13:30:51 Pacific
Reply:
Click start>run and paste %windir%\system32\dllcache into the run box and click ok. If the folder is there this will open it.
Sandman
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Response Number 2
Name: Fletch19 Date: January 2, 2003 at 13:37:41 Pacific
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Wow,thanks m8 :) Another question:
Is it safe to delete the cmnclim.dll file,it says it has "suspecious" content in Digital patrol???
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Response Number 3
Name: Sandman Date: January 2, 2003 at 13:56:15 Pacific
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I don't know if it's safe to delete or not. But if it's located in the dllcache folder then the answer is yes. Infact all of the files in the dllcache folder can be deleted, their backup files for Windows file protection. I always delete these files. The only downside to emptying the dllcache folder is if you run sfc /scannow (Windows system file checker) you will get errors about each of the files deleted from the folder.
A little off topic but if you wanna save some drive space type sfc /purgecache in the command prompt.
Sandman
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Response Number 4
Name: Sandman Date: January 2, 2003 at 13:59:44 Pacific
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Meant to mention that running sfc /purgecache in the command prompt will properly delete the files from the dllcache folder.
Sandman
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Response Number 5
Name: Fletch19 Date: January 2, 2003 at 14:13:34 Pacific
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Thanks for the help i really appreciate that. I ran the sfc /purgecache command and now i have about 300megs exstra,yipee :)
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Response Number 6
Name: Sandman Date: January 2, 2003 at 14:20:26 Pacific
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Glad I could help out J.
Sandman
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Response Number 7
Name: Bitch Slapper Date: February 7, 2003 at 09:12:52 Pacific
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Dumbass...deleting the files out of the dllcache folder is stupid. Those files are needed to protect your operating system from having their NEEDED dll files from being overwritten by the wrong version. I bet you have a 100gig drive, but you just needed that 300mb, didn't you??
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Response Number 8
Name: Sandman Date: February 8, 2003 at 03:12:45 Pacific
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BS if Xp needs any files out of the dllcache folder it will ask you to insert the Xp cd.
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