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Deleting "undeletable" files in Vista

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Problem

I recently upgraded my workstation from XP SP3 to Vista Business, and during the upgrade Windows moved my old C:\Windows directory to C:\Windows.old. I got all of the stuff I needed out of that folder, but there are six "undeletable" files there so I cannot remove it. They are: Whenever I try to de…

Error Output

Windows.old\Program1\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Resource\CMap\Identity-H
Windows.old\Program1\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Resource\CMap\Identity-V
Windows.old\Program1\Co…

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Fix for: Deleting "undeletable" files in Vista

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You'll want to first take ownership of the files, which is easiest when you add Take Ownership to the right-click menu. Once you've done that, you can do one of the following: Use Unlocker to remove whatever is locking the file, and then delete it. …

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