I can appreciate the need to check the validity of the component files of Windows Repair but is it really necessary EVERY SINGLE TIME? There's no skip option and if, at the end of the check it finds a new update to install, it does it all again. It takes about five minutes on my machine to do the validity check.  Also, when it finishes the dialog completely hides the next dialog which is to load the program.

Am I the only one to get frustrated by this action?

I have a folder containing one file in C:\Program Files. The file has an EXE extension but is zero bytes long. I am the owner and the administrator. I've tried numerous methods to get rid of it including Cedrick Collomb's UnLocker.

It's been around for several years or more. Last week my backup program objected to its presence and failed to complete and so I have to do something about it. I'm building a Ubuntu system on a USB stick which I believe WILL solve the problem.

I've had great success with Windows Repair but it doesn't detect the undeletable folder and file problem. I'm not complaining but I thought the team might be interested in tackling this problem.

If I know what to provide - screen dumps, etc. I can do that before I use Unix to clobber the folder.