Hello,
With what switches? What was the syntax that you used?
what was the output from the line I suggested which shows the current acls
on the files and folders.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|> I used takeown and icacl in the DOS window under elevated command prompt.
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|> ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
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|> > Hello,
|> > The question I would have is what were the commands you used
takeown.exe
|> > and Icacl.exe?
|> >
|> > You may need to check what the permissions are on the files and
folders.
|> > You may want to run icacls c:\Backup_folder /T where backup_folder is
the
|> > name of the folder you have the files in.
|> > This should show all the permissions. You may need to check for any
files
|> > or folders which do not have administrators with (F) Full permission
on
|> > them. The other thing to check is for files that may the (D) deny
|> > permission on them. Deny takes precedence and would generate Access
|> > Denied.
|> >
|> > Thanks,
|> > Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|> > |> Paul, please elaborate. I thought I WAS taking ownership thru
takeown...
|> > |>
|> > |> "PaulB" wrote:
|> > |>
|> > |> > Take ownership of the files, then delete.
|> > |> > --
|> > |> > Paul
|> > |> >
|> > |> >
|> > |> > "bilvihur" wrote:
|> > |> >
|> > |> > > I backed up my System files (Program, Users, etc) to a Backup
folder
|> > when I
|> > |> > > had to do a Partial reinstall. Now I want to delete the Backup
|> > folder. I've
|> > |> > > run Takeown and Icals as suggested by other posts, and they
|> > completed
|> > |> > > successfully. However, I still get permission denied when I try
to
|> > delete the
|> > |> > > folder. Can anyone help me free up 10GB of space? Thanks.
|> > |>
|> >
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