how to delete an folder named "clock$" (without quotes)

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hi friends,
Somedays back i have created an folder named " clock$ " , now i want to
delete it, its showing an message that "access denied ; you might not
have permission to access this network contact admin" even though I
just have an USER RIGHT on this PC. I have tried " rd\\.\path
drive:\foldername" it sucks again i saw "acess denied" on dos prompt.

somebody please help me to get out of this problem. thanks in advance.
 
Either you have a permissions problem, or else a process is using the folder.

'Using' can incude there being an Explorer window open on it.

BTW if you're not familiar with usenet please note that it takes time for
posts to show. Allow at least 10min before assuming a post has failed. Also,
the 'Delete' button in some newsreaders is confusing; it only deletes the
local copy. But doesn't tell you this.
 
oxidiser said:
hi friends,
Somedays back i have created an folder named " clock$ " , now i want to
delete it, its showing an message that "access denied ; you might not
have permission to access this network contact admin" even though I
just have an USER RIGHT on this PC. I have tried " rd\\.\path
drive:\foldername" it sucks again i saw "acess denied" on dos prompt.

somebody please help me to get out of this problem. thanks in advance.
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Try to delete it in Safe Mode, if you can't try to take the ownership of
the file again and delete it.
On how to take the ownership read this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
HTH.
Please let us know your findings.
Regards,
nass
 
Remove that using this command:

rmdir \\.\C:\windows\clock$

assuming that c:\windows\clock$ is the folder. Note the space between rmdir and \\
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: hi friends,
: Somedays back i have created an folder named " clock$ " , now i want to
: delete it, its showing an message that "access denied ; you might not
: have permission to access this network contact admin" even though I
: just have an USER RIGHT on this PC. I have tried " rd\\.\path
: drive:\foldername" it sucks again i saw "acess denied" on dos prompt.
:
: somebody please help me to get out of this problem. thanks in advance.
:
 
The windows folder bug:
http://mjsabby.com/2005/10/windows-xp-con-folderfile-bug.php

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
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For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

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: hi friends,
: Somedays back i have created an folder named " clock$ " , now i want to
: delete it, its showing an message that "access denied ; you might not
: have permission to access this network contact admin" even though I
: just have an USER RIGHT on this PC. I have tried " rd\\.\path
: drive:\foldername" it sucks again i saw "acess denied" on dos prompt.
:
: somebody please help me to get out of this problem. thanks in advance.
:
 
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