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  1. CONNOR
    Connor Win User

    i'm trying to delete a folder but it says i need admin permissions. my account is however...


    the emoji above is lowkey me rn fr

    :)
     
    Connor, Aug 21, 2024
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  2. OLI_RAMSAY
    oli_ramsay Win User

    Trouble deleting a folder

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

    *Confused i'm trying to delete a folder but it says i need admin permissions. my account is however... :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well i'm trying to delete a folder but it says i need admin permissions. my account is however... :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Aug 21, 2024
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  3. HIDDENSTUPID
    HiddenStupid Win User
    how to delete file on c drive? need permission

    i accidently save something to c drive. when i try to delete it says need admin permission. how do i delete it?

    i am on a computer that dont have any account only 1 and thats me. main one is me. 1 account.
     
    HiddenStupid, Aug 21, 2024
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  4. LYNDONGUITAR
    lyndonguitar Win User

    i'm trying to delete a folder but it says i need admin permissions. my account is however...

    0 byte folder cannot be deleted Problem

    I have a 0 byte folder and I can't delete it. I'm using win 7 64 bit.
    please help *Cry :cry:

    It says access denied when trying, please login as admin blah blah msgs....

    I've searched the net for hours, Trying unlocker, fileassassin, and all other 'file deleter' programs out there. tried on safe mode, tried the cmd commands, even in cmd it says access denied, tried the closing explorer.exe and doing the command. I tried changing permissions and atrributes and it says you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings. I logged in as the Administrator and still no hope.

    the folder originally contained all my movies but since then i moved(using the move command) all of them someplace else(on another hdd) and I thought it was gone but the folder is still there, 0 bytes. It was shared when i deleted it and still appeared on the shared folders list but inaccessible coz it was already deleted so i 'unshared' the folder from the shared folders list. and so the problem began. the folder is still there and it is undeletable

    One surefire way to do it without deleting my files is copying all other files to another HDD and reformat it and copy it back again but my hdd is currently contains 1 tb out of 1.36 and i dont have any hdds with that free space to use.

    ALSO I CAN'T OPEN THE FOLDER it says

    Location is not available

    'directory' is not accessible.
    Access is Denied.

    i think its more of a windows glitch than a virus problem

    help??? *Frown i'm trying to delete a folder but it says i need admin permissions. my account is however... :(
     
    lyndonguitar, Aug 21, 2024
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