Folder cannot be deleted

[magician369]

Hi,
I have a folder stuck on my disk and each time I try to deleted it it give a message that says:
"you will need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder".
I have already googled the problem, did not find anything that help. There is nothing to change under Permissions in folder properties. I don't think it is a malware, it is more like a bug or somthing happend to me when I downloaded and extracted a .zip file using Jdownloader.

 

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[Guest]

So Tomshardware did not work out huh?

 

Where is the folder located? Have you gained persmission by right clicking > properties?

[NTDaws]

Did you accept any of the additional software to download when you did the setup?

[spiralfuzion]

2 minutes ago, magician369 said:

Hi,
I have a folder stuck on my disk and each time I try to deleted it it give a message that says:
"you will need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder".
I have already googled the problem, did not find anything that help. There is nothing to change under Permissions in folder properties. I don't think it is a malware, it is more like a bug or somthing happend to me when I downloaded and extracted a .zip file using Jdownloader.

 

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what @deXxterlab97 said. Where is the folder at?

[pwn_intended]

Heres a very useful tool for unlocking locked files and folders.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unlocker.html

That being said, what is this folder before you go erasing it? It may be something required by windows so be absolutely sure before erasing anything.

[Guest]

Just now, pwn_intended said:

Heres a very useful tool for unlocking locked files and folders.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unlocker.html

That being said, what is this folder before you go erasing it? It may be something required by windows so be absolutely sure before erasing anything.

OP get this tool it's awesome, I swear by that shit whenever I get a funky file or where something can't be deleted for whatever reason. Of course as he said, make sure Windows doesn't need it but it's a neat tool to have.

[Oshino Shinobu]

You could go through CMD. 

 

Launch it as admin, then type 

 

RD /S /Q <Path of the Folder>

 

For example, it would be like this:

 

RD /S /Q C:\Users\Shinobu\Documents\Folder

[Matt_98]

4 minutes ago, magician369 said:

Hi,
I have a folder stuck on my disk and each time I try to deleted it it give a message that says:
"you will need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder".
I have already googled the problem, did not find anything that help. There is nothing to change under Permissions in folder properties. I don't think it is a malware, it is more like a bug or somthing happend to me when I downloaded and extracted a .zip file using Jdownloader.

 

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what file system is the disk, if it is ntfs you can take ownership of the folder to delete it

[AliB2512]

Here's a method I used that worked

 

right click on the folder -> properties -> security

click advanced in the right corner,

 

in the new menu under owner change it to yourself (even if you fall into the administrator group I don't know why ) 

 

click change and in the box, type your user name and hit check names, if done correctly it should rename the box 'yourPCname/UserName'

 

select okay and apply, and try and delete the folder 

[AliB2512]

If that fails use http://lockhunter.com/

 

it places a link in your contextual (right click) menu, and will show You what's locking a folder and allow you to delete it, unlock it, 

 

and if that fails the app allows you to queue it to delete at next boot 

[corrado33]

You guys are funny, downloading bloatware programs to delete a folder.

 

Has anyone thought that perhaps the OP isn't an administrator of the computer?

[AliB2512]

Just now, corrado33 said:

You guys are funny, downloading bloatware programs to delete a folder.

 

Has anyone thought that perhaps the OP isn't an administrator of the computer?

 

As you can see I didn't recommend bloatware

[zanthros]

You could do a reg edit and use the take ownership option which may or may not work, especially if the file size is 0 bytes and windows cannot find it. I like @Thread212suggestion as it is the easiest and IT WORKS EVERYTIME.

[zanthros]

12 minutes ago, Thread212 said:

Yup. i have failed before.. i use unlocker to delete windows.old and 434734738743872384 named folder but its still cant be deleted. so i use Ubuntu and voila.. its gone

Me 2. I have used Ubuntu and I have a couple of hackintoshes with working NTFS software drivers on them and that works as well. Always Keep a Linux distro around for the "problem children" LOL

[magician369]

@deXxterlab97 @Matt_98 @AliB2512What the hell 15 replies in few hours u guys are awesome. I cannot follow all the replies for now here are some answers to your questions:

-win 10 updated and in good shape.

- I am the administrator

-tried unlocker befor posting, obviously did not work.

-it is not that important folder some kind of game ost downloaded from a trusted site using Jdownloader.

-NTFC no OS drive D

-There is nothing available to change under security no owners nothing.

[magician369]

4 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

You could go through CMD. 

 

Launch it as admin, then type 

 

 

RD /S /Q <Path of the Folder>

 

 

For example, it would be like this:

 

 

RD /S /Q C:\Users\Shinobu\Documents\Folder

 

gave me "Access denied"

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, magician369 said:

gave me "Access denied"

Did you run CMD as administrator? 

 

If so, have you tried moving the file to a different location then deleting it?

[magician369]

12 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Did you run CMD as administrator? 

 

If so, have you tried moving the file to a different location then deleting it?

yes as admin.

I cannot move the folder. It gives me the same message.

[magician369]

18 hours ago, Thread212 said:

try to download unlocker.. if anything else fail.. then u must download linux ubuntu and make bootable usb.

u can use linux ubuntu without having to install it, there's a try option. it will 100% work because linux just didnt give a damn about windows.lol

thanks the Ubuntu trick worked. Now I can die in piece