Does anyone know how to stop this process?
It sits in Windows8_OS/Windows/System32/SleepStudy and builds multiple .ETL files in a ScreenOn sub folder
The files can be deleted but the folders cannot.
Doug_6 0 Newbie Poster
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=Microsoft+SleepStudy finds priors. In short it looks like you often find tuneup apps (not from Microsoft) with a lock on this. Fix varies with each user. We always have options to try like safe mode and a clean boot.
Doug_6 0 Newbie Poster
I can't see anything that allows me to turn sleepstudy off or remove it
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
That's correct. As you read priors you find that another app had locked the folder you want gone. The problem is now "what is that app?" I can't know since I don't run your PC.
It appears safe mode and clean boot didn't work out so go nuclear and boot up any current Linux OS and delete it there. Linux does not worry about Microsoft file permissions.
Doug_6 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks. I don't have Linux though.
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@Doug_6
Everyone has Linux. It's free, easy to make a bootable USB stick and keep handy for times that you need a simple way to do the things that Windows throws down spike strips.
No learning Linux required. Read my old advice at http://tips.oncomputers.info/archives2004/0401/2004-Jan-11.htm
Doug_6 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks
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