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| 09 Mar 2012 | #1 |
| | Cannot delete locked folders from previous installation with full own An attempt to update to the Windows 8 preview orphaned a "windows" folder and I cannot get rid of it. I have ownership and full permissions for the folder and all children. There are no corruptions in the file system and I am at a loss! I have tried all NTFS permissions, unlocker, etc. PLEASE HELP!  |
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| 09 Mar 2012 | #2 |
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| 09 Mar 2012 | #3 |
| | not the windows.old folder it is actually named c:\$WINDOWS.~BT and it will not go away, it has 8GB of windows 8 preview files in it. |
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| 09 Mar 2012 | #4 |
| | Thanks Brink The cleanup of system files worked... you da man... I learned something new today when I thought I knew it all LOL  |
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| 09 Mar 2012 | #5 |
| | Brink is da man.. thanks |
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| 09 Mar 2012 | #6 |
| | You're welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. |
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