Windows 10: Windows 11 - Access Denied when deleting folder

Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2I am the one and only user on my home PC so I am the administrator but when I try to delete some folders after having an installation, I get an error message stating that the access is denied, and I must have permission from my account to perform the action image attached. I have tried the shift + delete method which has not been successful, and it seems the only way to remove the folder is if I restart my PC. Any ideas on how I can prevent having to restart each time I want to remove a folder? It doesn't happen to all folders, mind you, but it seems to happen

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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

 

Trouble deleting a folder

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

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Cannot Delete Folder - Access Denied - Windows 10

Hi Nick,

An Access Denied error message can occur due to the following reasons: the folder ownership has changed; you do not have appropriate permissions, or the file is encrypted.

We suggest following the steps given by GuyMcCausland and
Amarjeet_Paul on this thread and see if the issue will persist.

Get back to us with the outcome so we can help you out further.