Mike,
You are now granted my, "Permissions Expert" Wizard Status!
Yes, this 'Flash6.ocx' business on my XPpro client is FINISHED!
No, I still do not fully comprehend 'permissions.'
I have to say that when you steered me to 'maybe' permissions, I did
back up and say, "Please, NO!" I chose to avoid anything 'permissions'
in both Win2000 and WinXPpro. I think I understand the basic concept,
but digging into it and reading the MS help text about it just told me
that this is not a 'toy' to be trifled/played with! I never did. I just
allowed
MS and whomever to operate properly.
Hope this never happens again. But, I now have a new tool/skill in the
quiver!
I first tested on another client. Got the default, expected windows from
your
link. Felt confident. ................ :)
The surgery on the affected client was still very confusing. Somehow,
I was presented with 4 never-seen-before MS windows.
Picked one of them that I could change anything.
Entered 'administrators' in the little white window, crossed my fingers,
and,
clicked Apply. The screen actually jiggled/flashed twice!
Post that:
The file c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\flash6.ocx\ is now toast!
CCleaner has washed the machine. All past System Restores deleted.
Eraser has deleted the file and washed remaining open file space to its'
low DOD spec.
Secunia PSI completes a new scan and rates this client 100%.
MSSEv2 is now doing a full scan of the client. When complete, I will backup
this 'cleaner' client to my NAS.
What a PITA!
Thank you all. What a great Collective!
Duncan
On 06/10/2011 23:00, Michael Resnick wrote: Duncan,
I've been thinking about your problem and have been trying to understand
why you would be having so much trouble deleting a file.
When I thought about your problem one of the first things you said was
that you were unable to change the "read" attribute.
This suggests to me that perhaps you have a Permissions problem.
If so, Take Ownership of the file as follows -
Right click on the 'flash6.ocx' file and then select
Properties|Security|Advanced|Owner
Then Take Ownership of the file by adding yourself as the owner.
Hopefully, you should now be able to delete the file.
If the above doesn't work it's because you're in good company.
Well, it seems that 'flash6.ocx' is particularly troublesome, and it
seems you're not the only one having problems with this file..
I did a quick google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=%27flash6.ocx%27&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGHP_enUS429US429&ie=UTF-8
and many entries were returned.
I would review the first entry returned for some ideas:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1190574869
One more thought.
There is a freeware utility called
<http://download.cnet.com/FileAssassin/3000-2094_4-10639988.html>FileAssassin
that purports to be able to delete any file.
You can download
<http://download.cnet.com/FileAssassin/3000-2094_4-10639988.html>FileAssassin
from CNET as well as many other places.
Hang in there and keep fighting the good fight.
Regards,
-Mike
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