Windows 10: How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC?

Discus and support How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I copied a folder tree from another computer in LAN onto my local computer. After some work I want to delete this folder tree on my local computer.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by pstein, Aug 20, 2019.

  1. pstein Win User

    How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC?


    I copied a folder tree from another computer in LAN onto my local computer.

    After some work I want to delete this folder tree on my local computer.

    When I right-click in File Explorer on the top node and select "delete" then a popup tells me:

    "You need to provide administrator permissions"

    Tutorials in Internet say I have to click through several menus to take ownership of this folder and be able to delete it.
    Others recommend to disable UAC.

    Is there really no other way to delete such files/folders?

    Is there no context menu extension "delete as administrator" (With prompt for password)?

    If necessary I could add my user to the admin group but I want to avoid this too.

    Any other solution with a minimum of effort?

    Thank you
    Peter

    :)
     
    pstein, Aug 20, 2019
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  2. Help!! Can not delete folder

    Thanks,
    Killbox beta worked great. I set it to delete on reboot. I was then able to Manually delete the folder.
     
    Killer_Rubber_Ducky, Aug 20, 2019
    #2
  3. Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC? :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC? :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Aug 20, 2019
    #3
  4. newtekie1 Win User

    How to one-time delete folder without change owner or disable UAC?

    Help!! Can not delete folder

    Turn of UAC, if you haven't already.

    Make sure you are the owner of the folder, and that the permissions are set properly.

    If that doesn't work, try Killbox.

    If that doesn't work, the folder might be corrupt, meaning the hard drive might be going bad.
     
    newtekie1, Aug 20, 2019
    #4
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