Microsoft KB Archive/132978

= Setup Program Creates MSCREATE.DIR File in Every Folder =

Article ID: 132978

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q132978





SYMPTOMS
After you run the Setup program, the Mscreate.dir file appears in every new folder created by the Setup program.



CAUSE
This behavior is by design of the Setup program. The Setup program creates Mscreate.dir (a 0-byte hidden file) in each folder that Setup creates to indicate that the folder was created by Setup. When you run Setup in maintenance mode and remove a component or click Remove All, Setup uses this file to determine whether an empty folder can be removed. If an empty folder does not contain this file, when you run Setup in maintenance mode, Setup will not remove this folder.

For example, if you create the folder My Files in the Microsoft Office folder, when you run Microsoft Office Setup in maintenance mode and click Remove All, the My Files folder is not removed by Setup, even if it is empty when you run Setup.

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