I am admin on my machine, I am the only user but I cannot delete a folder

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I am administrator on my machine. I am the only registered user, but I cannot delete a folder. I tried running explorer.exe as administrator, but I still get the same error message, that I require permissions to delete the folder.

How can I remove this need? Is there a different file explorer that can do this for me?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '20 at 08:05

First open Command Prompt as Administrator. Confirm to the UAC Admin Approval dialog if required. Then run takeown /f "Full path of the folder". Then run icacls "Full path of the folder" /grant Administrators:F. Now you will have full ownership on the folder. Now you can delete it.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 25 '20 at 07:32

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Try obtaining ownership over the file/directory you're trying to delete. Then go to Properties > Security > Advanced and enable inheritance (if disabled). Apply changes and try to delete it again.

answered Aug 25 '20 at 07:32

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I am admin on my machine, I am the only user but I cannot delete a folder

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