Deleting Folders

[JB]

Can somebody please explain to me why Vista Ultimate won't let me delete
some folders? The folders are definately not in use, but I keep getting the
UAC confirm dialogue (which I confirm) then I get another box saying
'Destination Folder Access Denied' with 'You need permission to perform this
action'. I am logged on as an administrator.

If I right click the folder and choose 'properties' then all the 'allow'
ticks are present under 'permissions for authenticated users'

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Jez

 

[Leo]

It might be helpful if you told us which folders you want to delete.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Yep, as some system folders, regardless of whether or not they are being
used, cannot be deleted.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[JB]

The folder are nothing to do with the Windows installation, one folder is
called "Adobe Acrobat 8" which is not on my Windows Partition and is not
even installed any more.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi JB,

As you didn't initially state what folder was involved, there was no way of
knowing if that was the problem or not.

Take ownership of the folder from its properties. On the security tab, click
advanced, go to the ownership tab and use edit to change ownership to your
user account. Apply/ok your way back out, then delete it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Teixeira?=]

Also be sure to do that to any hiden files contained in such folders,
because if you don´t you can´t still delete the parent folders. I´ve gone
trough that issue myself. Just to remind...

 

[Guest]

I keep seeing the same recomendation to change the security settings for the
folder to allow the delete. I have my own personal home PC laptop with the
same issue. Isn't there a way to change permissions for the entire computer
without having to modify security settings for each indiviudal file I want to
delete?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

In short, no. The security model of Vista specifically precludes this due to
the risks it can pose.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com