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Can not take ownership in order to delete
Good People, I already had Win 7 RC on my laptop. I installed Win 7 RTM. After install, I had, as to be expected, a c:\windows.old folder. Using cleanmgr.exe and all other ideas, I deleted \windows.old. I can not completely delete because there are two files which claim that the owner is unknown and that to take owership i must be "karl-pc\karl" I log on as karl-pc\karl (a member of the administrator's grooup) and still get told that I can not delete because I must be karl-pc\karl. Alas, that's precisely how I'm logged on. I can not take ownership in order to delete. To rule out any repeated operator malfunction, I downloaded and installed the "take-ownership" reg file to add that option to the right-click menu. Still no luck. I created the computer administrator account and logged on as such. I still can not take ownership in order to delete the troublesome files in windows.old. There are two files there that are very stubborn. I have taken ownership, changed ownership, changed permissions on files and folders numerous times so am familiar with the process. Any ideas as to how I can take-ownership and/or delete the pesky files? Thanks, Karl