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ok, so after clicking the ownership change button frantically it has done it, I am now the owner of that folder, however when I try and delete it, it still comes up with the message access is denied.
Folder - Delete from Command Prompt
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New #31
Which folder is this. Should you have full permissions?
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New #32
Ok, so it came up with the fact that one of my users was inheriting permissions, therefore I have been able to remove that and now thankfully it has started to work, I am now in control of that folder.
Thank you for your time, but you can consider this issue solved!
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New #33
I'm glad it all got worked out. I figured it was just a permission issue but I had to make sure it was a folder you could actually delete.
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New #34
Okay so I have a laptop at work that the AV was popping up constantly this morning saying it had removed 30 or 40 trojans from C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Desktop\Installer\... So I uninstalled the Google Bar for IE and also Google Chrome. Removed every other folder in that Google directory. But it will not let me delete the \Google\Desktop folder and everything inside it.
I have tried removing it in Command Line. I have tried Safe Mode with Command Line, I have even tried creating a registry key that moves that folder to another folder and renames it at next reboot. That last part worked. Now it sits in C:\temp\ and the folder is called simply "delete". But I still cannot get rid of that folder from CMD or anything else. It says access is denied at every sub-folder level.
I am using the administrator account for the computer. I wish I could connect the hard drive to a different PC but that's not really possible. I checked Properties of the offending folder and it says "0 files, 257 folders". Yikes!
Any other ideas what I might try?
*edit* downloaded the app Unlocker and that made quick work of it. Entire folder is gone now.Last edited by PatrickGSR94; 29 Aug 2013 at 13:59.
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New #35
I still have a problem, I'm trying to delete a corrupted folder off a external HDD, I go to CMD, Run as Admin, Type, "RD /S /Q "F:\G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) [1080p]" & it says "the system cannot find the specified file". The external is the "F:" & the folder I'm trying to delete is the root of the drive "F:\G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) [1080p]". I think that my problem has to do with the name of the folder cause there is a ":" in it, but that is just what I was thinking. Also I am in the F: directory when I do all this.
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New #37
I followed all the suggestions and after doing so I ended up with -Access is denied (!!!!major frustration!!!)
This has been something I've tried to resolve for more than a year and still NEED to resolve this as It continues to get copied ( inadvertently) on disks I burn.\
Please help?
JEQ
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New #38
Hello John, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Normally when you get an "Access is denied" message, you would need to take ownership (if not already) of the file , then set permissions of the file to "Allow" your account "Full control" of it.
If that doesn't help, then you could try the free program Unlocker to delete it with.
If this is a system file or folder of Windows, then you wouldn't want to delete it though.
Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
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New #39
Thank you that was a great tutorial. I was looking for some tutorial for this in the net.
Glad i found here.
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