Can't delete autorun.inf
- Thread starter albalma
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Hello Albalma,
You could use step 2 in OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to take ownership of and set permissions to "Allow" your user account "full control" of the autorun.inf. Afterwards, you should be able to delete it.
Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums
If not, then you try using the free program Unlocker to delete it with.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
You could use step 2 in OPTION THREE in the tutorial below to take ownership of and set permissions to "Allow" your user account "full control" of the autorun.inf. Afterwards, you should be able to delete it.
Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums
If not, then you try using the free program Unlocker to delete it with.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Solved
I had the same issue because of Symantec Endpoint Prevention
I had the same issue because of Symantec Endpoint Prevention
- Open a command prompt by clicking Start | Run | type "cmd.exe" within the Open field and press Ok/Enter.
- Type the following commands on the command line:
- cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection"
- smc.exe -stop
- You now can access the file
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