Tech Support Forum - View Single Post

**TheOutcaste** · 06-11-2009, 12:14 AM

You'll need to determine which of those two folders is your actual Windows folder. Someone may have tried a repair install, and ended up doing a parallel install instead, into a Windows.0 folder.

While logged in as Administrator, open a command prompt, type Set
Check the value for the Systemroot and Userprofile.

You can also check the Boot.ini file, see if it shows Windows, or Windows.0

Just to be safe you should log in on all profiles shown under Documents and Settings and confirm the Userprofile value.

You can delete the ones that are not used, though always best to rename or move to a different location, and have a method to put the files back if the system doesn't boot (Live CD, Boot to the other OS if a Dual boot system, or slave drive to a different PC)

The XDB and VDB files may be Norton Antivirus update files, or could be database files for some other application. You'd need to do some more checking to see just what they are.
www.filext.com has a little bit of info.

HTH

Jerry

06-11-2009, 12:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
TheOutcaste TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 815 OS: MS-Dos 6.22 - Win7	Re: Can these files/folders be deleted? You'll need to determine which of those two folders is your actual Windows folder. Someone may have tried a repair install, and ended up doing a parallel install instead, into a Windows.0 folder. While logged in as Administrator, open a command prompt, type Set Check the value for the Systemroot and Userprofile. You can also check the Boot.ini file, see if it shows Windows, or Windows.0 Just to be safe you should log in on all profiles shown under Documents and Settings and confirm the Userprofile value. You can delete the ones that are not used, though always best to rename or move to a different location, and have a method to put the files back if the system doesn't boot (Live CD, Boot to the other OS if a Dual boot system, or slave drive to a different PC) The XDB and VDB files may be Norton Antivirus update files, or could be database files for some other application. You'd need to do some more checking to see just what they are. www.filext.com has a little bit of info. HTH Jerry __________________ Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Of course I know all the answers; I just don't always match the answers to the right questions. Rated R for Violence -- When your PC flies through a window, that's violent, right?