Windows 10: Permission to delete from local machine

Hi, I've been trying to delete mcafee from my local machine as my new security app won't work until all of mcafee is deleted but I need permission to delete it as it was pre-downloaded onto my laptop. How do I go about getting permission?

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The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server

I too am having the error and my computer completely locks up and I have to do a hard shut down.

I have followed the steps from the suggestion however I keep getting another error saying I can not change the permissions. This issue has gone on long enough. It is 2017 now- plenty of people have had the same or very similar issues with Win10 we need a patch
or a true fix.

The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID

{C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}

and APPID

{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}

to the user DESKTOP-9SU4GPQ\logen SID (S-1-5-21-3839675884-3202250022-2099929178-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container LenovoCorporation.LenovoID_2.0.32.0_x86__4642shxvsv8s2 SID (S-1-15-2-1739223337-1177984934-722485270-445606100-3168345968-3693140498-1001633489).
This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

 

See if cert is local machine or current user?

There seems to be two cert managers. One for Current User at certmgr.msc and another for Local Machine at certlm.msc. From this site here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ificate-stores it says that Local Machine cert entries are also listed in Current User.

What I want to know is, is there a way to tell if a certificate listed in certmgr.msc is Local Machine or Current User? Because deleting a certificate from certmgr.msc would also delete it from Local Machine if it exists as a Local Machine entry. This is especially a problem when you may have duplicate certificates or different Local Machine/Current User certificate entries.

There doesn't seem to be a way within certmgr or certlm to check if a certificate is local to Current User or not. This is a problem when you import a certificate to both Local Machine and Current User, as it shows up only once in certlm.msc but twice in certmgr.msc with no difference between the two. You would not know which one to delete if you wanted to remove Current User's version only.

Edit: Seems theres a few roundabout ways...
Method 1: Check the store locations here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...tore-locations and see if you can find stores via their thumbprint...
Method 2: in cmd type certutil (-user) -(view)store <name of store> as suggested here: Windows certificate stores | Blog. This is ok for seeing if there are specific certs in one store...

Not sure why it has to be so roundabout... if anyone else knows of another method please do tell

 

Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


Suggestion:

1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
   x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
   NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.