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Old May 7th, 2009
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Question Can't Delete LimeWire Folder

Hello,

I am VERY new to this forum, so please forgive me if I make mistakes.

My system is:

Vista Home Premium, 32bit

I have LimeWire on my computer, and wanted it off. So I removed it the way you are suppose to via: Uninstall

I still find this when I do a search looking for hidden files:

Folder Name: LimeWire

This is what I see but can't delete:

Roaming (C:\Users\Michael\AppData)

Can anyone help me in finding a way to get this off my computer?
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If you are logged in as administrator you should be able to delete the folder. It sounds like a permissions problem to me. If you can go directly to the app folder & delete it from there. Send it to recycle bin.
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Default Can't Delete LimeWire Folder

Thanks for the reply.

Every time I put the mouse on it, or try to do anything it kicks me out if IE

I have scanned and found NO viruses
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Internet Explorer?

How about doing it after a reboot into safe mode.

Oh did you check app folder permissions, do you have access? Likewise for LW prefs folder.
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I will try that.... if I can remember what F button to push down
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Ok, Well in SAFE MODE, I found 2 exe. files and one folder.

When I tried to delete the folder IE booted me out. Still looked for viruses...non found.

Do I need to install LimeWire first, then uninstall it differently?
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hmmmm....sounds like something fishy...in safe mode those files should NOT be active and you should be able to delete them...

I notice, though, that the folder you are referring to seems to be "appdata"...I'm thinking this is a system folder and should not be deleted...try instead to delete just the files...
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Thanks for the reply...

Yea, I thought the same about Safe Mode.

I did delete the exe. files, but the folder rermains.

Why does it have it say Roaming though?
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the word roaming makes me wonder also....I've never seen that as far as I remember, but then again 1) I don't use explorer to move through my directories and 2)I'm sticking with XP until something past Vista comes out (I think of Vista=Me..bleh)...

here's something to try....boot into safe mode without networking...beyond that I'm stumped..
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