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I have a collection of files in my Local AppData folder from an install that failed. It seems I need to delete them manually, but I am unable to do so. I am an Admin on the PC and am logged in as such.

Edited to explain solutions tried.

I have tried the following solutions to no avail:

https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-take-ownership-and-get-full-access-to-files-and-folders-in-windows-10/

If I try this I only see dialogues like the following in the security tab:

No Permission Message

I also tried the takeown command:

How would I use Takeown to take ownership of all folders on one drive?

However, this command replies with "Access Denied" if tried from a cmd prompt with elevated privileges.

What else can I try?

Ian
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I finally found the answer with the help of this response to a related question: https://superuser.com/a/162965/482319

I installed the Unlocker tool given in the link from that answer: Unlocker. I opened the tool, browsed to the directory I wished to "unlock". The tool said that nothing had it locked, so I told it to delete the folder. Unlocker failed to delete the folder immediately, so I selected to "Delete on next restart" and restarted the PC. This option worked to remove specific folders.

Ian
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