Left over files

busterb · 11-01-2006, 05:39 PM

Any way to tell if these are left over HP junk, other that naming them old one at time? They're in the system 32 folder. I just returned a scanner because when you clicked scan it tried to find files that were maybe on some CD. At this point I have nothing by HP on my computer and want all the junk out before installing an other HPscanjet 4370. Thanks bb

WabUfvot5 · 11-01-2006, 11:44 PM

Nothing like stupidly arcane and Byzantine 8 letter filenames in the year 2006 is there? Thank you DOS compatibility.

You might be able to glean a little more info if you right click on them and goto properties and look for the version info / string. Additionally you could go into a dos prompt (Command prompt?) and run strings hpzlnt07 and see if anything interesting comes about. Sorry if this is imprecise - I haven't used Windows regulary for years.

tw · 11-02-2006, 09:28 AM

When scanner is removed (in Control Panel, click on Add/Remove Hardware; or if using XP version, "Printers and Other Hardware", then select "Scanner and Camera", 'right click mouse' on scanner, and select delete)), all scanner files would be removed.

busterb · 11-02-2006, 11:14 AM

When I made the above, nothing by HP was "supposed" to be on my computer.

Clodfobble · 11-02-2006, 11:22 AM

Buster, try searching for the .dll files in this site. I tested the first few in your list, and some are confirmed as HP files but some are not in the database. But I'm not sure that deleting .dll files by hand is a good idea though...

Beestie · 11-02-2006, 01:11 PM

Make a temp folder somewhere and move them to there. If everything still works then you don't need them.

I keep seeing the title of this thread as Leftover Flies.

Flint · 11-02-2006, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

I keep seeing the title of this thread as Leftover Flies.

That's how clone threads are born. (They seem to be catching on, here...)

glatt · 11-02-2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

(They seem to be catching on, here...)

[Shakes fist at screen] Damn you, Flint! Damn you straight to Hell!! [/the fist thing]

Shawnee123 · 11-02-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

[Shakes fist at screen] Damn you, Flint! Damn you straight to Hell!! [/the fist thing]

Flint · 11-02-2006, 03:47 PM

funny, like a clown, you amuse me

Griff · 11-02-2006, 05:19 PM

and you, my friend, like a clown, make me cry.

busterb · 11-02-2006, 09:36 PM

got rid of them. Thanks some of you

busterb · 11-03-2006, 06:59 PM

Someone from HP also told me to run windows installer clean up? Didn't try that as had fixed before I got e-mail, but might be an idea to keep in mind. bb

11-01-2006, 05:39 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Left over files Any way to tell if these are left over HP junk, other that naming them old one at time? They're in the system 32 folder. I just returned a scanner because when you clicked scan it tried to find files that were maybe on some CD. At this point I have nothing by HP on my computer and want all the junk out before installing an other HPscanjet 4370. Thanks bb Attached Images __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-02-2006, 09:28 AM	#3
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	When scanner is removed (in Control Panel, click on Add/Remove Hardware; or if using XP version, "Printers and Other Hardware", then select "Scanner and Camera", 'right click mouse' on scanner, and select delete)), all scanner files would be removed. Last edited by tw; 11-02-2006 at 09:34 AM.

11-02-2006, 11:14 AM	#4
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	When I made the above, nothing by HP was "supposed" to be on my computer. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-02-2006, 01:11 PM	#6
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Make a temp folder somewhere and move them to there. If everything still works then you don't need them. I keep seeing the title of this thread as Leftover Flies. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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11-01-2006, 11:44 PM	#2
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Nothing like stupidly arcane and Byzantine 8 letter filenames in the year 2006 is there? Thank you DOS compatibility. You might be able to glean a little more info if you right click on them and goto properties and look for the version info / string. Additionally you could go into a dos prompt (Command prompt?) and run strings hpzlnt07 and see if anything interesting comes about. Sorry if this is imprecise - I haven't used Windows regulary for years.

11-02-2006, 11:22 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Buster, try searching for the .dll files in this site. I tested the first few in your list, and some are confirmed as HP files but some are not in the database. But I'm not sure that deleting .dll files by hand is a good idea though...

11-02-2006, 05:19 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	and you, my friend, like a clown, make me cry. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-02-2006, 09:36 PM	#12
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	got rid of them. Thanks some of you __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-03-2006, 06:59 PM	#13
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Someone from HP also told me to run windows installer clean up? Didn't try that as had fixed before I got e-mail, but might be an idea to keep in mind. bb __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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