weird folder on root of my c: drive (im runing w7 u)

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by christian666, Aug 25, 2012.

  1. christian666

    christian666 MDL Senior Member

    Feb 24, 2010
    297
    7
    10
    #1 christian666, Aug 25, 2012
    Capture.jpg

    Hi all,

    I have notice that I have a weird folder and files, on my root of my main hdd.
    I have read on the web that the long name folder might be from and os update.
    Can someone confirmed this?
    Is it okay to delete it?
    I also have notice the same folder with similar names on my back up hdd.


    any ideas?
     
  2. mictlan

    mictlan MDL Member

    Nov 9, 2009
    231
    116
    10
    #2 mictlan, Aug 25, 2012
    Also got .rnd on root dir of drive c.
    It's also in Windows 8.

    The folder looks like a temporary one created when installing updates. Sometimes these don't get deleted.
     
  3. urie

    urie Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 21, 2007
    9,039
    3,388
    300
    #3 urie, Aug 25, 2012
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2012
    VMware installs it you can delete it.

    P.S. I was talking about the .rnd file not the windows update temp folder.
     
  4. anarchist9027

    anarchist9027 MDL Expert

    Oct 30, 2010
    1,320
    667
    60
    #4 anarchist9027, Aug 25, 2012
    Yea, this is an absolutely useless folder unless you are installing something at the time. If you install software sometimes and you have a USB hard drive connected, it may sometimes also copy onto there also. Feel free to delete as long as you are not installing