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Cannot delete a folder in Windows 7
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I have a few folders that I can't delete: I right-click > properties > security to try and give myself permission, but no joy: So I try to take ownership of the folder in advanced > owner... But no... So I try running the command prompt as administrator and doing , doesn't work: I've run out of ide…
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rmdir
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Fix for: Cannot delete a folder in Windows 7
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Take ownership and add permissions using the command line. takeown /F (path to folder name) /R /D Y (takes ownership) icacls (path to folder name) /grant administrators:F /T (sets full permissions for the folder to the admin group) You should be abl…
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