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iMac running Win7 via BootCamp. A couple of months ago, I merged some directories and I deleted the one I no longer needed. I can't explain why but every now and then the directory I deleted keeps reappearing! 
I kid not. I've tried deleting it using Shift-Del. I've also deleted it and cleaned the recycle bin. This has happened about four or five times. I've done a complete defrag in the hope that any sectors the directory might have used are hopefully overwritten by other objects. I've never restored it so once deleted it should stay deleted, no?
1. The name of the directory is not Lazarus.
2. I don't do drugs.
Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
Edit: I should add that the directory contained minidump file I created using C#. There's no media player or other ripped file involved which is what t'internet is pointing at. In short, it's a file I created and has no value to anything on my machine. I'm happy it's not malware or virus related as my machine wears a condom for protection. Really puzzling.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
modified 24-Dec-13 5:28am.
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Septimus Hedgehog wrote: 2. I don't do drugs.
You should - it known to solve problems...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Septimus Hedgehog wrote: directory contained minidump
Is that a Windows minidump? It's possible Windows is recreating the folder, if you've got it set to automatically create a minidump.
Software Zen: delete this;
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It was created using code in a small app in response to a divide / 0 test. The app was simply to see if I could create one and there's certainly no automated aspect to it. The last time I actually ran the app was about three months ago and it wasn't long afterwards that it started coming back to haunt me.
I also thought there might be restore point issues but, no, I've not backed out anything that might fall back on one and nothng in the last three weeks or so.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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What's the path to the file?
Do you use any mirroring or backup software that might have taken a liking to it?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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It's a normal C: drive path into a directory I created so it's not into one of those murky, slimy system-type folders maintained by Win 7.
No backup software or mirroring either. To all intents it's just a user created folder. It's because everything is oh-so boring traditional that makes it even more perplexing. Right now, it's not there but in a few days to two weeks it will be.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I've frequently had directories reappear after deleteing.
The thing is, they never got deleted from the get-go. Explorere showed them as deleted, briefly, but then said Oops! No, it isn't.
Well, it didn't actually say anything. Didn't even bother sending up a message box about it.
The reason? A hidden file in the directory. Explorer got confused because it wasn't set to show hidden files, so didn't notice there was one there...
Another thing you could look for is something using that directory. Easy check: rename it. If it renames with no problem, try deleting it with the new name.
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GenJerDan wrote: Another thing you could look for is something using that directory. Easy check: rename it
I have to use that trick a lot. We have a diagnostic tool that gets updated frequently that I post on a network share. Even though I plead with people to copy the .EXE and run it locally, there's always someone running it directly from the share. I then rename TraceViewer.exe to TraceViewer_StopRunningMeFromTheDamnNetwork.exe, post the new version, and delete the other one later.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Would setting file permissions on the share so that Joe Luser couldn't execute anything in that folder help; or would the deny just get carried when he copied it to his local system?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: setting file permissions on the share so that Joe Luser couldn't execute anything in that folder help
This share is for tools we use all over the place. Most of the stuff in it are single-EXE installers. Those don't get replaced often, and aren't typically in use when they do.Dan Neely wrote: would the deny just get carried when he copied it to his local system
I don't think ACL's get copied like that in most cases. I could probably set up an ACL on this file, but it would be a PITA as I think I would have to re-set it each time I pushed a new version to the share.
In other words, I wish people would just follow instructions  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Is the app in C#? If so, take a look at this question[^] and the first answer to it. If not, then never mind me.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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It's a C++/MFC app. There are all sorts of things I could do to prevent this annoyance.
The best solution would be to detect when the app is being launched from the specific network share where it's distributed, automatically copy it somewhere locally, re-launch the local copy, and let the share instance exit. It wouldn't even be that hard to implement; probably on the order of a couple dozen lines of code.
It's not enough of an annoyance to go to this length, and it rankles to have to engineer a solution to others' discourtesy.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Ah, I see. I don't really know much about native development (I am learning some though, at least I am trying to), so I wouldn't be able to do much with that. I can compile things with MinGW-w64 (and some things with VS, like HTML Tidy).
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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I'll look at that as an option the next time it falls in to the parade ground.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I have experienced that problem with 'something' always wanting to create a 'temp' directory on my C: drive. I solved that problem by manually deleting the directory (or renaming/deleting etc.) and creating a file named 'temp' containing an appropriate text message which I won't repeat here.
I have 2 drives on my system and I don't want anybody leaving droppings on my C: drive dammit!
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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Movie Quote Of The Day
We must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum.
Which movie?
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terminator: the rise of the Project Managers
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Toy Story
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Hint: The Hound of the Baskervilles 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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A Hybrid Tea is perhaps an example?
One of my favourite books!
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"An ambitious project to recreate an entire roundworm, cell by cell, in a software model has reached a crucial breakthrough as the digital animal wriggled for the first time."
...
"The short segment of data represents one third of a second of motion and took computers 72 hours to calculate." [^].
Wake me up when it can twerk à la Miley.
“I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : 'I know all about it. I've already found it.'
As far as I'm concerned, the word means: 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'”
Vincent Van Gogh
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Queen Pardons Alan Turing[^]
While I'm sure it doesn't mean much to him now, at least his name is cleared. The world would probably be a bit different if he didn't commit suicide at 41 because of what the English government did to him.
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Reminds me of when the Pope pardoned Galileo.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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