This is a fairly common scenario. I need to delete a folder, but Windows will not let me delete it. I get a nasty message like this.
Well isn’t that annoying. Especially so because I am an Administrator on my own machine. The actual Administrator account has been disabled, and I really don’t want to have to re-enable the account to figure this out. There’s got to be a remedy for this. Have no fear, because there is, and it’s not too bad.
Right click on the folder and select Properties.
Select the Security tab.
Under Group or user names, click Edit….
Click Add… to add yourself to the list of users and give yourself full control on the folder.
You should now be able to freely delete the folder without any nasty warnings or messages.
See Also
- How-to Geek: How to Delete a System File in Windows 7 of Vista — Command line example