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
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> 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