Windows 10: Unable to delete folders despite admin permission, and can't change owner file?

Hello, I have a bit of a problem that needs solving.
I have a laptop with Windows 10, and until now, as far as I know, I was able to edit system files, delete ones in the C: drive, and such.

And now, I can't do that, so is there a way to fix it?

When I try to open up the Properties menu, and go to the Security tab, I'm unable to access the Control Editor.



The same goes for if I click Advanced and try to change the Owner of the file. Is there anyway I can fix this?

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Owner of folder hidden so I can't change permissions

I think I have clicked special permissions and made some unwanted changes to a Program Folder In C: drive.

Now I am unable to access the folder and Security Permissions is unable to display Owner of folder so that I can gain control of it again.

Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Security & privacy

 

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

 

Denied access to a file despite being listed as the owner

I tried to reinstall Origin, and this particular program, and it seems some others on the computer do not allow access at all, either to run or delete. It says access is denied or that permission will be needed. I go into the advanced settings to change
the owner (as elswhere the troubleshooters suggested) and I see that Administrators is already listed as the owner. It's as though the administrator does not even have access to the file. This appears to apply to the entire folder. How can I change the
permission to the file(s) so I can delete/reinstall?