I believe in most situations you have to take ownership of files/folders to delete them.
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Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago by duster
I have a folder on a external storage and i'm attempting to delete a folder. but i'm getting an error message saying access is denied. i've logged in with the admin password and get the same error. ive tried with a dos command same error.the security properities for the folder is missing. i cant take ownership,.. i just want to delete this folder any ideas.
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ramesh replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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techie2000 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
let me know how this goes. I am having the exact same problem. However, I believe the user I am using to access the remote devices doesnt have the right permissions. The remote device is not part of the domain, so generic users are configured (on the remote device).
I think I should be able to log into the interface and remove the files or mount the folder using the admin credentials ...
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duster replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Originally Posted by ramesh
I believe in most situations you have to take ownership of files/folders to delete them.
i cant take ownership.. access denied... errror
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khat17 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What you mean you can't take ownership? How comes? Anyways - try UNLOCKER.
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
That's if the folder is locked by a process or something - but taking ownership shouldn't be that difficult.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
That describes XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...n-server-20 03/...
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techie2000 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
By they way, i finally got the files and folders deleted. i didnt notice the big "read only" attribute staring me in the face. As soon as I took it off, everything deleted.
So make sure you are not making the same mistake.
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lovepython replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
the commands u tried was any of these
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rd /s /q folder_name
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del /f /q folder_name
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Aldayne replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
If the above suggestions prove futile for some reason, try booting from a linux live cd (eg. Ubuntu, Knoppix) and delete the folder within that environment.
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Ropy replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I'm having a similar prob. I can't seem to delete the files and folder left back from Windows 7 RC.
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Ropy replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Originally Posted by Aldayne
try booting from a linux live cd (eg. Ubuntu, Knoppix) and delete the folder within that environment.
Works like a charm... thanks.
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Ropy replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Originally Posted by Aldayne
try booting from a linux live cd (eg. Ubuntu, Knoppix) and delete the folder within that environment.
Works like a charm... thanks.
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