Missing dllcache Folder?

[Moontrash]

heres what i did...i had some stuff on my external drive..k: drive...and i used eraser to erase the files off.....at the time....there was a stray "WINDOWS" folder on the ext. i didnt know what it was for..so i got rid of it...the weirdness started...i went from 100gb of free space on the ext. down to 60 gb's..I looked around and there was this system file....KKOHHVGHJ.sys..or something similiar i noticed on the ext. so i deleted it...it then went back to 100 gb's of free space...so i started lookign around on my regular C: drive and the dllcache folder is now gone...what happened to it and can i put it back or replace it(i dont use system restore)?

the odd thing is that my pc sems to run just fine...no problems

[aedipuss]

it's doubtful it's gone, it's a hidden protected folder in windows/system32/

you may need to reset all folders to show hidden/system files

[Moontrash]

hers my settings...still nothing though

[aedipuss]

you seem to be missing one of the settings in folder options that would allow you to see the folder. "hide protected operating system files" is not there to allow you to uncheck it.

[Midzuki]

So far at least, the folder "dllcache" of my PC contains
965 files, which steal precious 150 MB from my hard disk.
I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Mr. Gates's a$$whole if it were allowed
to compress all those hundreds of files into one single .zip archive.

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[Moontrash]

thanx for that catch aedipuss...i never noticed that...i'm gonna google it and see what i can come up with

thanks

moontrash

[JohnnyMalaria]

So far at least, the folder "dllcache" of my PC contains
965 files, which steal precious 150 MB from my hard disk.
I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Mr. Gates's a$$whole if it were allowed
to compress all those hundreds of files into one single .zip archive.

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While not intending to protect Bill's poop shoot from unnecessary pain, the chances are that your dllcache folder is already compressed. If it shows up in blue (like DRVSTORE does in the example above), it's compressed.

On this laptop, the dllcache folder contains 2,555 files with a total size of 483MB but occupying 307MB on disk.

BTW, I don't have a problem with dllcache - it's a good thing....

I think you should apologize to Willy's bottom.

[JohnnyMalaria]

@Moontrash
There's a possibility that some malware has disabled Windows File Protection (WFP) in order to change a system file and not have Windows automatically replace it with the correct file from the dllcache. It would explain the missing related entry under folder view options (it wouldn't make sense to show the option if WFP is disabled).

Have a look here for info about WFP:

http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/wfp/print.shtml

You may need to re-enable it and for that you'll need your installation CD (most likely) to copy the original files.

[Midzuki]

JohnnyMalaria wrote:

If it shows up in blue (like DRVSTORE does in the example above), it's compressed.

The name of the folder dllcache of my PC is written in bold black, so
I presume its contents are not compressed. The hard disk has two
partitions, both FAT32-formatted, because M$ will not give me an
emergency-boot diskette/CD capable to read NTFS.

BTW, I don't have a problem with dllcache - it's a good thing....

I know the idea is very good. What I am complaining about is the fact that
its implementation is not clear, nor very intelligent.

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[JohnnyMalaria]

The name of the folder dllcache of my PC is written in bold black, so
I presume its contents are not compressed. The hard disk has two
partitions, both FAT32-formatted, because M$ will not give me an
emergency-boot diskette/CD capable to read NTFS.

FAT32 would explain it (unless highlighting compressed folders is disabled).