I suggested to remove it in case anything was depended on it so you won't get any errors. That only works when it shows up in the programs list :)
Feel free to delete as well, you should be fine.
Can I Delete GEAR Software Folder?
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In my C>ProgramData folder there's a folder with a random-character meaningless name. It contains a folder called x64 and a file called GEARDIFx. The most recent date on any of this stuff is 2013. I think the whole thing is video related, but I don't know if it's really needed. Can I safely delete this stuff? Thanks.
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Anonymous
2018-05-23T07:40:46+00:00
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2018-05-23T04:35:39+00:00 tamara_sadel, thanks for responding.
Actually, I'm not sure what you're talking about. I'm not sure this thing would be considered an app. If by "apps list" you're talking about Settings>Apps, it's not there. It's also not in Programs and Features. As far as I know, the only way I can delete this stuff is to go to the C drive and delete it like any other file/folder would be deleted.
I will say that I recently changed slightly the top folder file name so the thing can't be found. So far, no problems.
Can you clarify, please? Thank you.
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Anonymous
2018-05-23T00:09:30+00:00 Sorry for delay in answering. It would be best to uninstall from apps list.
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Anonymous
2018-05-21T02:43:14+00:00 No, never.
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2018-05-20T23:15:06+00:00 Do you use Norton 360? or used it in the past?