Unable To Delete Folders
Mar 25, 2006I have two empty folders on my drive I am unable to delete.Error message..Cannot delete, cannot read from source file or disk.
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Unable To Delete Files / Folders Due To Access Denied
Aug 23, 2005I have two machines on my home net and both run XP-Pro.Problem 1 is that I have something like 30k files in the recyclers on my D Drive that I can't delete.Problem 2 is that I recently did a restore from a backup and even though user names, admin access etc are same I can't access open or even delete many of the unused folders. I have tried moving them to shared files folder, and using my admin privilege to take ownership and or change attributes but nothing so far works. Safe boot, safeboot command prompt all nada.
can any one help me out here ?
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Is there anyway to change so that they end up in the Recycle Bin first, before being deleted?
Delete History - Temp Internet Files FOLDERS
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$ntuninstallkb929399$
They are in the Windows directory, at the beginning. This is Win/xp sp2.
I think they are some sort of uninstall file for MS fixes. But I don't honestly know. I have several pages of these files. Does anyone know what they are??
Can I safely delete these files????
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