What is "Webfldrs XP" doing in my CCleaner add/remove programs

[Al Dykes]

In article <6q1ii29r9hraul4iv077u3dfcq5np30rr0@4ax.com>,
lisa harkema <lisa.harkema@gmail.com> wrote:
>What is "WebFldrs XP" doing in our CCleaner Add/Remove Programs list?
>
>Is "WebFldrs XP" a legitimate software or is it a bad thing?
>
>Not much is in the google record as far as I can tell.
>Some say it's integral to the workings of XP; others say it's spyware.
>
>Can you help me make sense of this conflicting information about the
>"WebFldrs XP" entry on my CCleaner Add or Remove Programs wizard?
>
>I should note this "WebFldrs XP" entry does NOT show up in the normal
>Windows XP Add/Remove Programs application. But it definately shows up
>in the well respected CCleaner freeware
>(http://www.ccleaner.com/download) program.
>
>Should we remove this "WebFldrs XP" application using CCleaner?
>What will happen if we do?
>
>Lisa


I just found a use for it, 10 minutes ago while playing with Chandler
(maybe an MS Outlook killer).

http://chandler.osafoundation.org/

It's part of setting up a shared WebDAV folder on an XP machine.

http://courses.unt.edu/webct/vista/f...inxp_vista.pdf

I just ran the steps on the first page of that URL and my XP machine
seems fine. I've created a shared WebDAV folder on the osafoundation
experimental WebDAV server.

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[lisa harkema]

On 8 Oct 2006 10:50:41 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>>Is "WebFldrs XP" a legitimate software or is it a bad thing?
>It's part of setting up a shared WebDAV folder on an XP machine.
>http://courses.unt.edu/webct/vista/f...inxp_vista.pdf

I have to wonder, out loud as it were, why Microsoft sees fit to HIDE
this "WebFldrs XP" program from our eyes?

Is this "normal" that Microsoft would hide a running program like
this?

Why hide it?

I deleted it (using CCleaner's add/remove programs application) so
I'll see if there are any deleterious effects ... but if EVERYONE is
running this (and they don't even know it) ... I wonder out loud why
Microsoft sees fit to hide that fact from their prying eyes?????

Why would Microsoft do that?
Lisa

[pcbutts1]

Microsoft "hides" programs to try to keep "fiddling" users from deleting
files and folders it deems necessary.





"lisa harkema" <lisa.harkema@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:qt8ii2duh6cn15o75bsdud8gt8pdusnk3b@4ax.com...
> On 8 Oct 2006 10:50:41 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>>>Is "WebFldrs XP" a legitimate software or is it a bad thing?
>>It's part of setting up a shared WebDAV folder on an XP machine.
>>http://courses.unt.edu/webct/vista/f...inxp_vista.pdf
>
> I have to wonder, out loud as it were, why Microsoft sees fit to HIDE
> this "WebFldrs XP" program from our eyes?
>
> Is this "normal" that Microsoft would hide a running program like
> this?
>
> Why hide it?
>
> I deleted it (using CCleaner's add/remove programs application) so
> I'll see if there are any deleterious effects ... but if EVERYONE is
> running this (and they don't even know it) ... I wonder out loud why
> Microsoft sees fit to hide that fact from their prying eyes?????
>
> Why would Microsoft do that?
> Lisa

[James E. Morrow]

In article <qt8ii2duh6cn15o75bsdud8gt8pdusnk3b@4ax.com>,
lisa.harkema@gmail.com says...
> I have to wonder, out loud as it were, why Microsoft sees fit to HIDE
> this "WebFldrs XP" program from our eyes?
>
> Is this "normal" that Microsoft would hide a running program like
> this?
>
> Why hide it?
>
>

<SNIP>

WebFldrs allows uploading of files.

There is a whole long list of programs that MS doesn't list in add
remove. Some are listed in XP services, while others don't seem to be
listed at all. The latter ones are generally launched from the command
line when needed. Some of this stuff gets launched by other programs
via a system call to XP so the user in not very involved (or informed)
regarding the function of the program anyway.

Look for an entry in add remove or a short cut to Telnet. There isn't
one. Same for Netmeeting and many more. These programs are embedded
into Windows so if you don't know about them you will never find them.


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James E. Morrow
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[David H. Lipman]

From: "James E. Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com>

| In article <qt8ii2duh6cn15o75bsdud8gt8pdusnk3b@4ax.com>,
| lisa.harkema@gmail.com says...
>> I have to wonder, out loud as it were, why Microsoft sees fit to HIDE
>> this "WebFldrs XP" program from our eyes?
>>
>> Is this "normal" that Microsoft would hide a running program like
>> this?
>>
>> Why hide it?
>>
| <SNIP>
|
| WebFldrs allows uploading of files.
|
| There is a whole long list of programs that MS doesn't list in add
| remove. Some are listed in XP services, while others don't seem to be
| listed at all. The latter ones are generally launched from the command
| line when needed. Some of this stuff gets launched by other programs
| via a system call to XP so the user in not very involved (or informed)
| regarding the function of the program anyway.
|
| Look for an entry in add remove or a short cut to Telnet. There isn't
| one. Same for Netmeeting and many more. These programs are embedded
| into Windows so if you don't know about them you will never find them.
|

It is also in Win2K.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{6F716D8C-398F-11D3-8
5E1-005004838609}


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Dave
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http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[Ron Lopshire]

lisa harkema wrote:

> On 8 Oct 2006 10:50:41 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>
>>>Is "WebFldrs XP" a legitimate software or is it a bad thing?
>>
>>It's part of setting up a shared WebDAV folder on an XP machine.
>>http://courses.unt.edu/webct/vista/f...inxp_vista.pdf
>
> I have to wonder, out loud as it were, why Microsoft sees fit to HIDE
> this "WebFldrs XP" program from our eyes?
>
> Is this "normal" that Microsoft would hide a running program like
> this?
>
> Why hide it?
>
> I deleted it (using CCleaner's add/remove programs application) so
> I'll see if there are any deleterious effects ... but if EVERYONE is
> running this (and they don't even know it) ... I wonder out loud why
> Microsoft sees fit to hide that fact from their prying eyes?????
>
> Why would Microsoft do that?

Because Microsoft is trying to convince people that the MS OS is
similar to a Mac. You know, hide everything that makes it look like a
computer --- directories, disk utilities, command line interpreters,
etc. This is important for those who are afraid of computers.
Evidently, MS thinks that Apple having 3% of the market is too much.

When MS brought out Windows (FAT16, Win 1-3.1), they quit using the
perfectly good word /directory/ and switched to the Mac-like /folder/.
For crying out loud! Directory sounds computerish! When MS developed
and brought out FAT32 (Windows 95 to people who are afraid of
computers), one of the first things that they did was create the
directory "My Documents" (mydocu~1 in computerspeak). See! Just like
the Mac, you too can use spaces in filenames and folders (directories).

Spaces in directory and file names? What an incredibly stupid effing
idea. Is it any wonder that debugging software for the Windows API is
such a nightmare? In the dictionary, next to the word ambiguous should
be the Windows Logo with FAT32/NTFS written over it. Beam me up,
Scottie. Please.

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Ron