can't delete my folder named 'favorites'

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I copied a folder onto my pc from a cd. It is called
favorites. Now I want to delete it, but XP says no - it
is a system file. I am new to XP (home edition), but it
is driving me crazy that I can't figure out how to get
this done. Thanks
 
try rename (F2) folder to some other name. then delete.
word favorites is same word as favorites sites in toolbar.
computer thinks this is copy of toolbar favorites.
 
Are you logged on with an Administrator account? You may need to be logged
on with Administrator privileges to delete the folder
 
Harry, I don't know how to tell if I am an administrator.
Since this is my laptop and I am the only one logged on.
I assume I have access to everything.
How do I tell if I am an administrator?
And if not how do I become one if that is necessary?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Are you logged on with an Administrator account? You may need to be logged
on with Administrator privileges to delete the folder

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


joan said:
I copied a folder onto my pc from a cd. It is called
favorites. Now I want to delete it, but XP says no - it
is a system file. I am new to XP (home edition), but it
is driving me crazy that I can't figure out how to get
this done. Thanks
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Joan just check in Control Panel->User Accounts. It should tell you there if
your account is a Limited User account or an Administrator account.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


joan said:
Harry, I don't know how to tell if I am an administrator.
Since this is my laptop and I am the only one logged on.
I assume I have access to everything.
How do I tell if I am an administrator?
And if not how do I become one if that is necessary?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Are you logged on with an Administrator account? You may need to be logged
on with Administrator privileges to delete the folder

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


joan said:
I copied a folder onto my pc from a cd. It is called
favorites. Now I want to delete it, but XP says no - it
is a system file. I am new to XP (home edition), but it
is driving me crazy that I can't figure out how to get
this done. Thanks
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Try running a CMD window and deleting the folder from there:
Start -> Run... -> Enter "CMD"
(in the following, replace PathToFolder with the path to where the folder is -
for example, you might use "C:\Documents and Settings\joan\Desktop\favorites"
if you copied the folder to your desktop, and your username is joan)
ATTRIB -R -S -H PathToFolder
(removes Read-Only, System, Hidden attributes)
(files copied from a CD get the Read-Only attribute set)
RD /S PathToFolder
(the /S tells it to remove all subdirs and files in the folder, too)
(this works like the DELTREE command did in Win9x)
(it should ask you to confirm - read carefully before you say "Y" - it
will not go into the recycle bin, so you can't undo)

If you are not logged in as an Administrative user, this may not work.
I'm not sure if the below works on XP Home (it does on Pro) - you can enter
NET USER putyourusernamehere
in a CMD window and it will show you info about your account, including what
groups you are a member of (such as Administrators)

|I copied a folder onto my pc from a cd. It is called
|favorites. Now I want to delete it, but XP says no - it
|is a system file. I am new to XP (home edition), but it
|is driving me crazy that I can't figure out how to get
|this done. Thanks
 
Here's a different situation I had, but was able to fix it by moving the favorites folder back to it's original location:

When I backed up my favorites to a dvd, I had "moved" the whole favorites folder to another folder, in order to burn it to a dvd.

Then after burning, the burn folder would not delete (because favorites was a system folder).

I ended up moving the "Favorites" folder back into it's normal directory structure and deleting the remaining files that had been successfully burn to dvd.

If you really need to delete it, maybe try from the command prompt as mentioned in the previous post.
 
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