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Cannot delete files as Administrator or owner

I cannot delete files even though I own them.

I am trying to delete files from a Windows directory, which is now the 2nd internal drive, previously it was the main drive.

I re-named the folder to Windows-orig, and things are fine, so I don't need this folder. When I go to delete files / folders, it says "You need permission to perform this action" - but I am the owner of the file.

I followed the instructions here which looked perfect, but I still can't delete . . .
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thinkpads_user,
>>right click on windows.old and take ownership of it
-- I assume you're referring to my windows-orig. If so, I took ownership yesterday (as Administrators), but couldn't delete everything / anything. So then I dropped down to an individual folder / file to delete, and still couldn't do it . . .
-- A lot of the files were owned by "Trusted Installer" (or something like that), so I thought I had it fixed, but nooooooo....

Joe,
>>Select one of the Names that it displays in the "Change owner to" box
-- ??, not sure what you mean, that's what I did, and I selected Stephen - Administrator.
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jmorouke80,
>>go to the permissions tab and make sure you account has Full Control
-- worked ! (for one file). I'll check more tomorrow night and close out. Thanks !
> that's what I did, and I selected Stephen - Administrator.

That's good...wanted to be sure about Ownership. Next step was Permissions, but I see that Jason already got you there. Regards, Joe
Your solution could be booting from Linux CD such as Parted Magic or GParted and deleting the file via it instead of playing with ownership settings in Windows.
Joe, thanks for checking in and tips.

noxcho, ok, good tip, thanks, will keep that in mind.
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Thinkpads_User, ok, good too, I will have that at the ready tonight as well.
still not quite working . . . Wallpaper is owned by Stephen (Administrator) - with full control, but still can't delete it. I can muddle through this, but it seems weird and frustrating.
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Can you go to the top of this folder structure?  Go to Security Options (as you show above) and then click on Advanced.  Make sure you are applying admin permissions and then check (select) the box that says Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object.

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Thinkpads_user,
I did that and it looks good to me . . . but it wasn't working so I tried a lower level folder (Wallpaper)
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>>Try logging on as a different user and re-assigning permissions from the top. That has always worked for me.
- ok, trying that now.
I set up Bill as Administrator, changed permissions on Window-orig, but still can't delete . . . also tried changing on Web, but no luck :-( No worries, I'll just work on this piece-meal.

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It's not perfect, but I can work through it, I have the fundamentals to delete. I will just work on this bit-by-bit, hopefully I'll catch the global issue and be able to zap it all.
@williampeck - Thanks for the update and I was happy to help.

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