Windows 7: Help removing old Windows & Users folder without breaking anything!

AddRAM · 07 Dec 2012

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jimdandy · 07 Dec 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft

Glad you solved it. You could have done it yourself using windows explorer GUI!

My commands only did:

take ownership of everything in f:\windows
delete all explicit permissions on the files
activate inherentence.

Probably most of the files did actually delete on first try(?)
You forgot to populate ownership to files/subfolders(?)
You forgot to populate permissions to files/subfolders(?)

that's why I gave you the cryptic commands.

Ah! Inheritance and populating ownership/permissions is still a bit beyond my understanding but at least I know what I did wrong. Next time I should be able to fix it myself!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft

Why not simply format F?

Hehe, all my hard drives are about 98% full with audio data for work and I'm too broke at the moment to get a new one! You've helped me clear about 30GB so I can keep working until I get myself some more drive space!

Quote: Originally Posted by AddRAM

Don`t forget to click the scales ( give rep ) for everyone who has helped you on this thread.

And Good Job !!!!

Already done AddRAM! Thanks again.

Kaktussoft · 07 Dec 2012

With populate I mean ... do it for all folders/files.

Windows 7: Help removing old Windows & Users folder without breaking anything!

Help removing old Windows & Users folder without breaking anything! problems?