I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the automatic
updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them in
a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I installed
them from the update home.

I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is back
to read only.

I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to delete
this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
applied and I need the disk space.

"ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
>automatic
> updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
> downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them
> in
> a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
> problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
> installed
> them from the update home.
>
> I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
> not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
> the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is
> back
> to read only.
>
> I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
> delete
> this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
> applied and I need the disk space.

Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe Mode,
then delete the offending folder.

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:09:01 -0700, ThomasO
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the automatic
>updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
>downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them in
>a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
>problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I installed
>them from the update home.
>
>I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
>not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
>the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is back
>to read only.
>
>I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to delete
>this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
>applied and I need the disk space.

Google/Bing : Unlocker .

Pegasus & Jim,

Thank you both for your quick responses. I will pursue both of your
suggestions. I will respond to both.

Thank you!

Thom

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
> >automatic
> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them
> > in
> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
> > installed
> > them from the update home.
> >
> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is
> > back
> > to read only.
> >
> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
> > delete
> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
> > applied and I need the disk space.
>
> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe Mode,
> then delete the offending folder.
>
>
>

Pegesus,

I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the directory
and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows Explorer
and in a DOS session.

Any further suggestions?

ThomasO

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
> >automatic
> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them
> > in
> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
> > installed
> > them from the update home.
> >
> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is
> > back
> > to read only.
> >
> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
> > delete
> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
> > applied and I need the disk space.
>
> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe Mode,
> then delete the offending folder.
>
>
>

Log on as Administrator, then delete to folder. If denied permission then
you need to seize ownership of it. Click Start / Help and look for help on
Ownership if unsure how to do it.


"ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:17315920-9DA7-40B0-8E0E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pegesus,
>
> I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the
> directory
> and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows
> Explorer
> and in a DOS session.
>
> Any further suggestions?
>
> ThomasO
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
>> >automatic
>> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
>> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting
>> > them
>> > in
>> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed
>> > the
>> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
>> > installed
>> > them from the update home.
>> >
>> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It
>> > will
>> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me
>> > change
>> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it
>> > is
>> > back
>> > to read only.
>> >
>> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
>> > delete
>> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was
>> > successfully
>> > applied and I need the disk space.
>>
>> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe
>> Mode,
>> then delete the offending folder.
>>
>>
>>

Pegasus,

I'm both owner and admin. I was the one that started the auto update. It
initially failed, then I fixed the over heating problem; then I successfully
applied it. Is there some other ownership type? Now when I applied it I
changed the options to install from the update server. Is that going to
change anything?

ThomasO


"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

> Log on as Administrator, then delete to folder. If denied permission then
> you need to seize ownership of it. Click Start / Help and look for help on
> Ownership if unsure how to do it.
>
>
> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:17315920-9DA7-40B0-8E0E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Pegesus,
> >
> > I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the
> > directory
> > and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows
> > Explorer
> > and in a DOS session.
> >
> > Any further suggestions?
> >
> > ThomasO
> >
> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
> >> >automatic
> >> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
> >> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting
> >> > them
> >> > in
> >> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed
> >> > the
> >> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
> >> > installed
> >> > them from the update home.
> >> >
> >> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It
> >> > will
> >> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me
> >> > change
> >> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it
> >> > is
> >> > back
> >> > to read only.
> >> >
> >> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
> >> > delete
> >> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was
> >> > successfully
> >> > applied and I need the disk space.
> >>
> >> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe
> >> Mode,
> >> then delete the offending folder.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

No, it won't change anything. If you still can't delete the problem folder,
follow Jim's suggestion.


"ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:80944246-6DFA-4AC6-9264-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pegasus,
>
> I'm both owner and admin. I was the one that started the auto update. It
> initially failed, then I fixed the over heating problem; then I
> successfully
> applied it. Is there some other ownership type? Now when I applied it I
> changed the options to install from the update server. Is that going to
> change anything?
>
> ThomasO
>
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Log on as Administrator, then delete to folder. If denied permission then
>> you need to seize ownership of it. Click Start / Help and look for help
>> on
>> Ownership if unsure how to do it.
>>
>>
>> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:17315920-9DA7-40B0-8E0E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Pegesus,
>> >
>> > I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the
>> > directory
>> > and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows
>> > Explorer
>> > and in a DOS session.
>> >
>> > Any further suggestions?
>> >
>> > ThomasO
>> >
>> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
>> >> >automatic
>> >> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just
>> >> > kept
>> >> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting
>> >> > them
>> >> > in
>> >> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed
>> >> > the
>> >> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
>> >> > installed
>> >> > them from the update home.
>> >> >
>> >> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one.
>> >> > It
>> >> > will
>> >> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me
>> >> > change
>> >> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it
>> >> > it
>> >> > is
>> >> > back
>> >> > to read only.
>> >> >
>> >> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
>> >> > delete
>> >> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was
>> >> > successfully
>> >> > applied and I need the disk space.
>> >>
>> >> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe
>> >> Mode,
>> >> then delete the offending folder.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Jim,

Thank you for your quick response. I had to use your suggestion. It worked
like it was intended to. That is assuming of course that it doesn't
re-appear after rebooting.

Thank you so much.

Best regards.

"Jim" wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:09:01 -0700, ThomasO
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the automatic
> >updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just kept
> >downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting them in
> >a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed the
> >problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I installed
> >them from the update home.
> >
> >I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one. It will
> >not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me change
> >the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it it is back
> >to read only.
> >
> >I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to delete
> >this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was successfully
> >applied and I need the disk space.
>
> Google/Bing : Unlocker .
>

Pegasus,

Thank you for your help. I did use Jim's suggestion and it worked.

Best regards,

Thom

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

> No, it won't change anything. If you still can't delete the problem folder,
> follow Jim's suggestion.
>
>
> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:80944246-6DFA-4AC6-9264-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Pegasus,
> >
> > I'm both owner and admin. I was the one that started the auto update. It
> > initially failed, then I fixed the over heating problem; then I
> > successfully
> > applied it. Is there some other ownership type? Now when I applied it I
> > changed the options to install from the update server. Is that going to
> > change anything?
> >
> > ThomasO
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Log on as Administrator, then delete to folder. If denied permission then
> >> you need to seize ownership of it. Click Start / Help and look for help
> >> on
> >> Ownership if unsure how to do it.
> >>
> >>
> >> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:17315920-9DA7-40B0-8E0E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Pegesus,
> >> >
> >> > I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the
> >> > directory
> >> > and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows
> >> > Explorer
> >> > and in a DOS session.
> >> >
> >> > Any further suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > ThomasO
> >> >
> >> > "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> "ThomasO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >> news:86B90513-07E2-497E-9F70-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> >I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
> >> >> >automatic
> >> >> > updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just
> >> >> > kept
> >> >> > downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting
> >> >> > them
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
> >> >> > installed
> >> >> > them from the update home.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one.
> >> >> > It
> >> >> > will
> >> >> > not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me
> >> >> > change
> >> >> > the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > back
> >> >> > to read only.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
> >> >> > delete
> >> >> > this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was
> >> >> > successfully
> >> >> > applied and I need the disk space.
> >> >>
> >> >> Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe
> >> >> Mode,
> >> >> then delete the offending folder.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>