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Can't delete file

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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
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?

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Andrew E.

Flightless Bird
"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! ---
> .
>
 
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Jim

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:58:06 -0700, Menno Hershberger
<mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> 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?

Google for , and try using Unlocker .
 
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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
Jim <bojimbo261@gmail.com> wrote in
news:76ef06t3l08fc8vabg4o5q10llal1go6oe@4ax.com:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:58:06 -0700, Menno Hershberger
><mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> 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?
>
> Google for , and try using Unlocker .

Thanks. Unlocker worked!


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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
Andrew E. <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in
news:3DD190A5-D935-433D-9BCF-1447D3A39A7C@microsoft.com:

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! ---
>> .
>>



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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
news:Xns9D8C7812FDB57butter@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! ---
>>> .
>>>
>
>
>



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