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Old 09-25-2012, 10:08 AM   #1
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you require permission from administrators to make changes to this folder

I can't get rid of this! I'm trying to delete some maps on an old HD and it just won't let me. I spent the last 20 minutes reading about it and tried everything that was suggested and nothing works. I changed all the permissions to allow Admin as well as the computer user to delete whatever needs to be deleted yet it keeps saying this.

Any suggestions?

Besides format c:
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:11 AM   #2
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This may be a stupid question but did you try running explorer or cmd as administrator then deleting or deleting from the cmd line?
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:12 AM   #3
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there is a small free app online: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...menu-in-vista/

works great, sometimes across a network it can be iffy
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:13 AM   #4
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This may be a stupid question but did you try running explorer or cmd as administrator then deleting or deleting from the cmd line?
Hehe no, gonna try that
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:14 AM   #5
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there is a small free app online: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...menu-in-vista/

works great, sometimes across a network it can be iffy
Wow, that's nice!
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:16 AM   #6
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there is a small free app online: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...menu-in-vista/

works great, sometimes across a network it can be iffy
Well, although the program installs fine and it seems to change ownership i still get the same error when trying to delete the folder...crazy...

I hope it works in DOS.
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:29 AM   #7
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mount the drive in some other OS? make yourself a bootable linux cd and boot from that, then you should be able to edit anything...
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:36 AM   #8
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Well fuck it, i'm gonna copy everything i still need to another drive and then format c:
It's prob 10 times faster than figuring this shit out.
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:41 AM   #9
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Well, although the program installs fine and it seems to change ownership i still get the same error when trying to delete the folder...crazy...

I hope it works in DOS.
I would just reboot the machine, that will probably work. if you know what thread is holding on shut that thread down on processes
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:46 AM   #10
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mount the drive in some other OS? make yourself a bootable linux cd and boot from that, then you should be able to edit anything...


Mounting and unmounting with a live CD works about half of the time for me, though. Booting on another Win install from another HD or partition works best.
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:48 AM   #11
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In Soviet Russia you control Windows.
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