Cannot delete folders. Created by Automatic Update??

[Jim Hulsizer]

I have a bunch of folders being created on a SCSI Raid
drive connected to my XP workstation. The folder names
are cryptic alphanumeric names similiar to the temp
folders windows creates during an automatic update. I
didn't know how the folders were being created and I
could not delete them (get either "Access denied"
or "folder is not empty msg). Today I ran an automatic
update and I noticed two similiar folders were created
with similiar folder names on this drive. After the
update I was able to delete these, however the others
could not be deleted. I'm logged in as Admin. The folders
are marked read-only. If I turn off read-only, I still do
not have ability to delete. Some of these folders have
subdirectories named "SP1", "sp2", "update", "common". I
cannot access these subdirectories either.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jim,

You need to take ownership first. See:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

That was the ticket. Thanks Rick.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Jim,

You need to take ownership first. See:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

I have a bunch of folders being created on a SCSI Raid
drive connected to my XP workstation. The folder names
are cryptic alphanumeric names similiar to the temp
folders windows creates during an automatic update. I
didn't know how the folders were being created and I
could not delete them (get either "Access denied"
or "folder is not empty msg). Today I ran an automatic
update and I noticed two similiar folders were created
with similiar folder names on this drive. After the
update I was able to delete these, however the others
could not be deleted. I'm logged in as Admin. The folders
are marked read-only. If I turn off read-only, I still do
not have ability to delete. Some of these folders have
subdirectories named "SP1", "sp2", "update", "common". I
cannot access these subdirectories either.

Any help would be appreciated.

.