Windows 10: Why does Windows return access denied when trying to touch a file being deleted

Apologies if the topic has already been beaten to death but I couldn't find a discussion.Trying to access a file with WCreateFile or WGetFileAttributes while the file is the target of a WDeleteFile call results in ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED 5 from GetLastError. The NTSTATUS error code from RtlGetLastNtStatus is STATUS_DELETE_PENDING 0xC0000056.My issues are:1. Why doesn't GetLastError return ERROR_DELETE_PENDING 303 rather than ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED? Clearly somewhere in the code the cause of the trouble is known and GetLastError has an error code for this situation so why isn't it used?2.

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Denied Access to delete files

Thanks for suggestions. I tried AVG Remover but it found nothing; probably because I had already deleted the bulk of the files. I also tried Command and Safe Mode but both gave Denied message. So the question remains how do I get access to delete files? Would changing to MS login at Start help?

 

Recycle Bin - Deleting an item returning 'Folder Access Denied'

Hi,

I am trying to delete a file from one of my user's PC's and I keep getting the below message returned:





I have referenced this thread already -> Recycle Bin Corrupted - Cannot Delete File or Folder

Method 1 returns no results - when I actually navigate to c:\$recycle.bin it shows as empty, and there are no other drives I cannot locate the file in (show hidden files is selected)
Method 2 - I cannot see the hidden $recycle.bin folder in the C drive with hidden files ticked on.

What I have tried:
- I have tried running the recycle bin as an administrator
- Tried running cmd as admin to clear the recycle bin
- Tried running CCleaner to clear the recycle bin
- Tried restoring the file in question (won't restore)

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Thankyou!

 

[Question] Delete files with denied access with batch scripts

'Access denied' may be because the file is open. Another cause of 'access denied' can be ownership and/or permissions. If it is permissions, try running the script as administrator.

By the way, you don't put a space between the '/' and the option letter, and the /A option on its own like that does nothing. It is for selecting files by attribute and should be followed by a colon and list of attributes, eg. /A:RSH

The SYSTAG.BIN file is usually created by Aomei Backupper and that may have the file open.

what is systag.bin? — AOMEI Forum