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LAN Party Forums => Support Group => Started by: {ShadowWX} on July 10, 2011, 08:53:24 PM

Title: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: {ShadowWX} on July 10, 2011, 08:53:24 PM

I have a folder on my storage drive that I can't get rid of. Every time I try to delete it, it says I need permission. Now I know that since I'm obviously the Admin. on my computer that means whatever is in this folder is being used by some operation. So I restarted in safe mode and I still can't delete or move this folder. Is there anything I can do short of making it a hidden folder? I mean, whatever its for I don't really care but I don't want some system resource folder on a drive that doesn't have any OS stuff on it. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated, except for "format your hard drive."

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: The Shoctor on July 10, 2011, 09:16:24 PM

Right click folder
Properties
Security (tab)
Advanced
Owner (tab)
Edit
Select you username
Check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects"
OK
Depending on the size of the folder might take a while.
Now you should be able to delete it.
Depending on certain OS options the exact method might not be the same but the idea is the same.

Now if it's a bad folder name that's a little different.

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: .:F3ar0n:. on July 11, 2011, 07:01:51 AM

I hate permissions sometimes lol :-)

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: sully! on July 11, 2011, 08:03:00 AM

Try Shoctor's advice first, and if that still doesn't work, I've used a utility for the truly stuck files/folder called Unlocker that will help you delete it if all else fails.

http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/ (http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/)

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: {ShadowWX} on July 11, 2011, 08:28:38 AM

well I finally got rid of the damn thing. After doing what Shoctor suggested it still wouldn't let me delete the entire folder, but it let me change the security options on the sub-folders, which it wouldn't let me do before. So I had to systematically change the permissions on each sub-folder to give me full control then delete each one of those, and finally the folder they were stored in. Thanks a lot guys, I'm glad to have that taken care of.

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: vincegun on July 11, 2011, 08:30:15 AM

Damn, it's too bad you got it sorted out so quickly. I would've told you to nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Title: Re: Getting rid of a folder
Post by: {ShadowWX} on July 11, 2011, 08:34:05 AM

I was about 2 minutes from going all "Broken Shadow" on it. I was pretty well pissed off at it when I went to bed last night.