Windows 10: Windows 11 - can I manually delete folder C:\Program Files x86\GnuPG

Hello,A while ago I installed Gpg4win for some reason email encryption. The Gpg4win application or the installer created a second folder C:\Program Files x86\GnuPG which contains two folders: /bin and /share. Folder /bin contains a batch-file 'gpg-disable-keyboxd.bat'.I decided to remove Gpg4win with Add/Remove Programs because I don't need the application anymore. However, folder GnuPG has not been deleted by the uninstaller but the Date Modified has been updated into today's date. The file gpg-disable-keyboxd.bat has not been updated by the uninstaller.Question: can I manually delete fol

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C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Unable to delete folder from C drive program file (x86).

Hi Imran, which folder in C:\Program Files (x86) are you trying to delete. In general program files folders are managed by Windows. Usually when you uninstall an application from Settings App - Apps, the application folder will be deleted!

 

Cannot delete folders in program files (x86)

I've followed these steps, changing first the ownership of the specific directory I want to delete from to my account and given myself full control, and still cannot delete the folder. I switched it then to administrators ownership since my account is
part of that group, no go. I then turned off system protection on the entire C:\ drive and I still cannot delete from that folder. This is a very typical \program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\<game dir> path where games are regularly modded.