No Permission To Delete A File

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Gary Brown

Hi,

The permissions on a file I want to delete won't allow it.
Administrators (meaning me) have only read control.

IIRC I set the permissions on this file with another user
name. The OS was subsequently trashed and I reinstalled
with a different user name. The file might have been copied
as part of the recovery.

How can I get rid of this file?

Thanks,
Gary
 
If you have Windows XP Pro as it sounds you can take ownership of the file
and then delete it.

Right click the file > Click properties > Click the Security tab in the new
window> Click advanced at the bottom > Click the owner tab in the new window
click your user name > click the checkmark box stating replace owner on
Click to expand...
subcontainers and objects > Click Apply > Click OK > Click OK in other window
Delete the File.
Click to expand...

Good Luck

Joe

Kemco IT Tech
 
Gary Brown said:
Hi,

The permissions on a file I want to delete won't allow it.
Administrators (meaning me) have only read control.

IIRC I set the permissions on this file with another user
name. The OS was subsequently trashed and I reinstalled
with a different user name. The file might have been copied
as part of the recovery.

How can I get rid of this file?

Thanks,
Gary
Click to expand...
Take ownership of the file is one way. Help & Support tells how a member of
the administrators group can take ownership of any file.

Perhaps, as an administrator, you can give yourself the delete permission.

Jim
 
The permissions on a file I want to delete won't allow it.
Right click the file > Click properties > Click the Security tab in the
new
Click to expand...

I don't get a security tab. No other files nor folders show a security tab
either.
Security was set using NT4 file manager (running in XP) if that makes a
difference.

Gary
 
Gary,

I should have just given you a link to File Killbox it removes stubborn
files that won't delete. My bad I was explaining the situation and must have
been spacing that day. Here is the link

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

Download Killbox.zip and unzip it and run it and tell it which file you want
to kill, good luck.

Joe

Kemco IT Tech
 
Thanks. Unfortunately, not even Killbox worked. Not even
delete on reboot. Its a trivial problem - it just bugs me that it
can't delete.
 
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