Delete Encrypted Directory / Files on XP-Pro

[Nanook]

Had someone using my machine that encrypted their directory. I want to
delete their directory and files but Windows XP will not let me.

This machine is running Windows-XP Pro, I have logged in as Admin, taken
ownership of the files, given myself what should be full permissions, but still
it will not let me delete this.

I don't want to read the files I just want to get them off my drive.

Can anybody tell me how to delete an entire encrypted directory tree for
which you do not have the key?

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[Gandalf Gladstone]

Had someone using my machine that encrypted their directory. I want
to
delete their directory and files but Windows XP will not let me.

This machine is running Windows-XP Pro, I have logged in as Admin,
taken
ownership of the files, given myself what should be full permissions, but
still
it will not let me delete this.

I don't want to read the files I just want to get them off my drive.

Can anybody tell me how to delete an entire encrypted directory tree
for
which you do not have the key?

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993/ :-(

 

[Dick Alvarez]

You may be able to change the name of the directory or of each of the
files, and then delete them. That worked for me in deleting a virus file
that somehow seemed to be read-only. I could not find how it was
write-protected, but it would not let me delete it. I changed its name in
the hope that it would not do its dirty-work, and suddenly I could delete
it. I don't know why, but it seemed to work. I was running a PC with
Microsoft XP Pro.

 

[joseph2k]

You may be able to change the name of the directory or of each of the
files, and then delete them. That worked for me in deleting a virus file
that somehow seemed to be read-only. I could not find how it was
write-protected, but it would not let me delete it. I changed its name in
the hope that it would not do its dirty-work, and suddenly I could delete
it. I don't know why, but it seemed to work. I was running a PC with
Microsoft XP Pro.

That sounds like some kind of registry entry thing. Try searching the
registry for the original file name and delete any related entries and
maybe keys.