Windows Explorer won't allow me to remove read only :video:

Folders stuck on "read-only" mode?

try out that thread and see if there's any tips that might help you. and always remember to take heed of warnings and/or reminders.

God bless,

THis folder is in Program Files (x86). DOes that matter? I have heard there are weird things in that folder. Should I put it somewhere that is in a different place?

please accept my lacking in your specific problem. i was only searching for threads of the same problem as you but beyond that I am also in the dark. I've also tried what you did in one of the folders in c:\\windows and your exact problem occurs. It is said that MS guys made it that way to protect your PC from yourself or something like that but then again, I am no expert. But just so you know, right after I tried the CMD tips (attrib *.* -r -s plus others) I got back a problem with a popup notepad every time I bootup my system.

Have you tried the "Take Ownership" zip file like explained in the link I provided? Please be careful when you decide to change things within directories other than yours (user) because you could risk ...

God bless,

The strategic thing I guess would be to put that folder in another folder, but I have had it there since I installed the program and it never gave me issues until I just tried to do something and it said it didn't have write access to the folder, so I decided to change it and it wouldn't let me. So I might need to move the entire program into another folder. I have also heard that you aren't supposed to put things in certain places in Windows 7 but I guess this is one of the instances.

Where are you supposed to put programs? In WIndows previous versions everything went in the program Files folder.

I guess you are right about moving it to another folder or directory other than the Program Files (86x) folder. But then it can probably have consequences like you said, there's a critical reason why Windows put installed programs into that folder or the other if the systems architecture is 64bit. But you might wanna try installing your specific program into another folder or better yet a different drive letter. I've tried installing DreamMail email client into D:\programs and it worked well without problems, but then again there's a possibility that it might not be applicable to certain programs.

As far I know, you can choose to custom install your program into a folder/directory/path as most installation wizards I've came across always provided an option/step to browse where one prefer the program to be installed into.

But then again, like I said earlier, I am not that confident or have enough knowledge when it comes to this kind of issue, so whatever you decided to do or opt for, please post back your result so we can try whatever it is we must.

Good luck and God bless,

nice sharing