Delete Files (Windos Write Protected) Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss Delete Files (Windos Write Protected) in the Windows Vista forums; Hello I made backup of my C drive once, to another drive called E and made a Reinstall of Vista. Then i moved the stuff back to C drive. Now ...

[DevilHair]

Hello

I made backup of my C drive once, to another drive called E and made a Reinstall of Vista.

Then i moved the stuff back to C drive.

Now i have a folder which a can not delete.

In that file is Windows Folders such as Windows Defender and other windows programs.

I made a screenshot of the folder.



I try to delete the folder but it says :

"You have to confirm this action"

Then i say ok to it.

Then it says :

"You must have permission to delete this"

Then i press retry and it says the same again.

The files are copy/write protected, and when i go and try to remove it, it says :

"You must have Admistator rights to change these files"

Then i press continue cause im logged on as the Adminstrator (I think, im the only one that can log on).

Then it says Error, there was a error trying to use these settings on these files, and then i can press ignore, ignore all, retry and cancel.

I tried to change the owner to myself and that still dosnt work.

I tried to Reboot into dos mode and use RD /s to delete the folder, then it says accses denied.

I tried moveonboot program, that dosnt work either.

Its about 70 Mb of files just sitting there on my C drive, and i really wanna get rid of them.

I really hope there is somebody out there that can help me with this.

Thank you for your time.

[coolness28]

Are the files write protected? Right Click, properties to check..

have you tried a command line delete?

[MLStrand56]

Originally Posted by DevilHair

Hello

I made backup of my C drive once, to another drive called E and made a Reinstall of Vista.

Then i moved the stuff back to C drive.

Now i have a folder which a can not delete.

In that file is Windows Folders such as Windows Defender and other windows programs.

I made a screenshot of the folder.



I try to delete the folder but it says :

"You have to confirm this action"

Then i say ok to it.

Then it says :

"You must have permission to delete this"

Then i press retry and it says the same again.

The files are copy/write protected, and when i go and try to remove it, it says :

"You must have Admistator rights to change these files"

Then i press continue cause im logged on as the Adminstrator (I think, im the only one that can log on).

Then it says Error, there was a error trying to use these settings on these files, and then i can press ignore, ignore all, retry and cancel.

I tried to change the owner to myself and that still dosnt work.

I tried to Reboot into dos mode and use RD /s to delete the folder, then it says accses denied.

I tried moveonboot program, that dosnt work either.

Its about 70 Mb of files just sitting there on my C drive, and i really wanna get rid of them.

I really hope there is somebody out there that can help me with this.

Thank you for your time.

Google found this site for me. I'm here for Exactly this problem.

VISTA finally gave up the ghost & wouldn't boot at all. I backed up what I thought was only my data, but the Gateway backup program backed up a bazillion windows files as well. After re-installing VISTA I moved all my own data back to the appropriate directory. Now I have tons of windows folders that I can't delete.

No, the files are NOT write protected. That's the 1st. thing I checked.

[MLStrand56]

Originally Posted by MLStrand56

Google found this site for me. I'm here for Exactly this problem.

VISTA finally gave up the ghost & wouldn't boot at all. I backed up what I thought was only my data, but the Gateway backup program backed up a bazillion windows files as well. After re-installing VISTA I moved all my own data back to the appropriate directory. Now I have tons of windows folders that I can't delete.

No, the files are NOT write protected. That's the 1st. thing I checked.

One more thing. I tried Sure Delete & Delete Files Permanently, but have much luck. Sure delete was only able to delete/wipe 2 of the files. Also can't delete the directorys with the protected files in them.

[david huang]

Originally Posted by DevilHair

Hello

I made backup of my C drive once, to another drive called E and made a Reinstall of Vista.

Then i moved the stuff back to C drive.

Now i have a folder which a can not delete.

In that file is Windows Folders such as Windows Defender and other windows programs.

I made a screenshot of the folder.



I try to delete the folder but it says :

"You have to confirm this action"

Then i say ok to it.

Then it says :

"You must have permission to delete this"

Then i press retry and it says the same again.

The files are copy/write protected, and when i go and try to remove it, it says :

"You must have Admistator rights to change these files"

Then i press continue cause im logged on as the Adminstrator (I think, im the only one that can log on).

Then it says Error, there was a error trying to use these settings on these files, and then i can press ignore, ignore all, retry and cancel.

I tried to change the owner to myself and that still dosnt work.

I tried to Reboot into dos mode and use RD /s to delete the folder, then it says accses denied.

I tried moveonboot program, that dosnt work either.

Its about 70 Mb of files just sitting there on my C drive, and i really wanna get rid of them.

I really hope there is somebody out there that can help me with this.

Thank you for your time.

Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums
Hi, please use the link above, ( I'd use method 1 ). After you've installed it, right click on the file/folder, click Take Ownership, right click on the file/folder again, click Delete. Does it work ?
PS. You might have to Drag/drop the folder onto the desktop first. All else fail, open the folder, use Take Ownership, delete the files inside one at a time.