Try to perform virus scan from Microsoft security essentials to see if the file is infected. Try to take ownership of the file or folder from the command line, the steps are given below.
Open an elevated Command Prompt window. Use this syntax:. Then to assign the Administrators group Full Control Permissions for the folder, use this syntax:. Command-line help: To know more information about the above commands, run these commands from a Command Prompt window. Was this reply helpful?
Yes No. Not even when I change their extension to. I really hope you can help me to get rid of them. Open Start menu and type in "clean" and open Disk Cleanup. On the select menu that comes up after it scans your disks, select everything and click OK. Do this three or four times. This may help, but I am not entirley sure.
OK, I tried that but it does not work. I read some other topics and found something about checking the integrity of the Windows installation. I ran that and found in the blog that Windows generates lots and lots of corrupt files or keys or whatever. It seems I'll have to reinstall Windows Vista already, after using it for only 2 months Windows 10 Security.
Sign in to vote. I copied a folder from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 Home edition computer. I activated the Administrator account and tried to delete the folder and I still could not. I am certain that I am not the only person to experience this. What is the solution? Thank you in advance. Tuesday, April 10, AM. Hi Joseph, Thank you for your quick response. I did not try taking ownership before. Any other suggestions? Again, thank you for your quick response.
Hi Sami Sorry that did not work may you check if there is anything under previous version tab, check the oldest version and restore it, you will be prompted to overwrite select yes and then try delete again Joseph Ndlovu. So the administrator of the computer needs permission to delete a folder created by the administrator? Thanks Windows. Obviously, my first thought was a permissions issue, but knowing how Windows works, you can never trust the error message either.
The easiest thing to try first is to restart Windows in Safe Mode and try to delete the folder from there. Windows 8 boots differently than previous versions of Windows, so read my previous post on how to boot Windows 8 into safe mode. If you are able to delete the folder in safe mode, it means that some process was basically holding on to the folder and preventing Windows from deleting it. Go ahead and right-click on the folder and choose Properties.
Next you want to click on the Security tab and then click on the Advanced button. Now is the fun part. First of all, go ahead and check the Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object box. Go ahead and click on Add. If you see any permissions with Deny in the Type , go ahead and remove them.
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