Can't delete file
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From: Menno Hershberger on 3 Jun 2010 17:43 Menno Hershberger <mhersh22(a)nosuchplace.net> wrote in news:Xns9D8C7812FDB57butter(a)wefb973cbe498: Oops... that was someone else. Oh well.... :-( > That didn't work but your second suggestion did... :-) > Thanks! > >> "The Owner"...Windows have adminisrators with certain user rights, >> but it also has "Thee Administrator",the s makes alot of diffrence. >> Try safe mode,enter xp as the "administrator"... >> >> "Menno Hershberger" wrote: >> >>> I just did a system recovery on a Gateway with XP Pro from the >>> restore partition on the hard drive. One of the restore options was >>> to save the old windows files in a folder called Backup (date). So I >>> did that. After restoring the OS I copied all the files I needed back >>> into the new install from the backup folder. Then I wanted to delete >>> the backup folder. Everything deleted OK except... >>> C:\Backup\Windows\System32\Macromedia\Flash\flash8a.ocx >>> No way in hell can I get it deleted. "access denied". I booted into >>> Safe Mode where I could get to the security options and no matter >>> what I try I can't remove the read only attribute. I'm already the >>> owner and all the permissions are checked. I also tried the delete on >>> boot option in HijackThis. But the file still won't go away. Googling >>> says download the flashplayer uninstaller. But that doesn't work >>> because this file is in a backup folder which is not the *real* >>> installation. I also tried a Hiren's Boot CD. Same message there, >>> "access denied". Of course, it is not "hurting" anything, but it'd >>> sure be nice to get rid of that 5 deep ugly folder. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> --- Long live Fat32! --- >>> . >>> > > > -- --- Long live Fat32! --- |