I reinstalled Windows and my old OS drive is now the G drive, unused. I want to free up space, so I tried deleting G:\Windows\winsxs and it gave me a permission error. How can I delete this? I am an admin and I'm running explorer in admin mode.
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You could potentially play with the permissions by taking ownership and propagating down through the folder hierarchy, but that could be a lengthy process.
When faced with similar circumstances and I am absolutely certain it is something I want to delete, I typically boot the computer using one of the free Linux Live disc/USB distros so that it bypasses NTFS permissions. Something to consider.
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Use the freeware application NTFSAccess to set permissions - works where all other suggestions fail.It can be downloaded from here https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/ntfsaccess. Run the application,and browse to the folder Windows\WinSxS.By default both options Set Folder Owner and Set folder full access rights are selected, so then Grant - the process will take a while due to the size of the folder. On completion, the folder can be deleted.
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