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Guide to Using Google Chromewindows-10-fast Home > Folder Access Denied: How to delete any folder in Windows Folder Access Denied: How to delete any folder how to delete access denied folder using cmd in Windows Posted on January 31, 2014 by vonnie — 69 Comments cmd force delete folder access denied ↓ One of the most bemusing errors in Windows is the infamous "You require permission from blah cannot delete access is denied windows xp blah blah to make changes to this folder". The irony is that even the almighty Administrator isn't exempt from this problem. You thought signing into your box as an
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Admin gave your carte blanche access to the kingdom didn't you? You thought the administrator had unfettered and absolute reign over the entire file system didn't you? You thought the omnipotent admin could do virtually anything in Windows right? I know I did, that's why I was so incensed the first time I encountered this error. What do rd /s /q access denied you mean I can't perform this action? I'm the damn Administrator of this computer! I demand my rights! Hey, you're not alone. The error is annoying that it's almost crass. In this guide I'm going to show you how to get reclaim your authority as the administrator of your computer. Two approaches The first thing you need to do is take ownership of the folder you want to axe. In one deft move we're going to take over the folder and bend it into submission. It's time to make this stupid error desist! Right click on the folder you want to banish to oblivion and choose Properties. Under the Security tab click the Advanced button Along the top of the Advanced Security Settings dialog box for the folder you'll see the Name and Owner. In my case, someone named TrustedInstaller has exclusive rights to this folder. Who is this TrustedInstaller guy? The TrustedInstaller is a built-in account which installs, modifies and removes Windows updates and components. But here's the thing: if the Tr
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Make Sure The Disk Is Not Full Or Write-protected And That The File Is Not Currently In Use
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been reported. Cannot delete filename: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. i have several http://www.fixedbyvonnie.com/2014/01/folder-access-denied-delete-folder-windows/ folders--which i am trying to delete--hardly anything in them-?? how does this happen?? they are regular folders thanx tom Reports: · Posted 5 years ago Top LH Posts: 20002 This post has been reported. Try, http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/ Reports: · Posted 5 years ago Top vistual Posts: 3135 This post has been reported. have you tried to http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/cannot-delete-filename-access-is-denied simply re-boot and then try to delete. a lot of times re-boot will free it up and allow you to delete it. Trick for restarting explorer ... launch task manager > under processes, find explorer.exe > select it and hit end process .... to restart - hit file menue > select new task . type " explorer.exe " (without the quotes, "") and hit okay. Or clear your memory without restarting by ... Right click anywhere on your desktop> got o New, then hit Shortcut. Copy the below line (as it is): %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Paste it there & click Next. Give it a cool simple name like Clear Memo Accept This Answer · Accepted Answer · Reports: · Posted 5 years ago Top marks100 Posts: 4507 This post has been reported. sorry your in Xp.what service pk have you got ? try this it may help http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 mark. Reports: · Posted 5 years ago Top kodakmak Posts: 68 This post has been reported. A little trick works for me.
Posted November 26, 2004 by David Kirk in Windows spyware
When trying to delete spyware files, users will often get errors. Here http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/778/access-denied-how-to-delete-protected-or-spyware-files/ is how to overcome the spyware's protection over these files. I hate this error -- Access Denied. Damn spyware has got the file locked… and now I've got to figure out how to unlock it. This is much more art than science but I'll tell you how I typically walk through the program. If you can't even find access denied the file that you need to delete, you might want to try this trick: Find Files and Spyware that are Really Hidden 1. Change your system so you can view and edit your hidden and system files: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/685/xp_2000_view_and_remove_hidden_files_and_folders 2. Close all programs. Sometimes a currently running program will have locked the file. Typically this won't work, but you'll feel folder access denied silly missing it. 3. Boot to safe mode. Booting to safe mode will often disable spyware programs that might be holding access to the files in question. You might as well stay in safe mode for the rest of the process. 4. Force stop unknown programs and processes. CTRL-ALT-DEL will bring up the task manager that will allow you to kill unknown programs and processes. If you can't use the taskmanager, you can try some of the freeware replacements such as: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml 5. Sometimes it is just easier to delete the file in a dos box. To open a command box: - Click Start - Click Run - In the textbox type cmd.exe and click OK 6. I'm not going to try to teach DOS here, but the command to delete a file is the following: del \folder\file.exe 7. If you still can't delete it, you can clear the attributes of the file. If you need details on this, you can read more about it here. The dos command for this is the foll