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Folder Access Denied, Unable to display current owner.
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..... I'm receiving "Access denied" when attempting to change permissions on the folder or delete it. I've attempt running a command prompt as administrator and removing the folder but no dice. |
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Folder Access Denied, Unable to display current owner.
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Sorry, didn't mean to send, continuing: .... I'm receiving "Access denied" when attempting to change permissions on the folder or delete it. I've attempt running a command prompt as administrator and removing the folder but no dice. Please start you own thread and fully detail the problem and what you have tried. Then we can try to help you. Right now it is just a piggy back "me too" and that no way to go. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Folder Access Denied, Unable to display current owner.
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Unfortunately I'm now having the same problem and none of the suggestions in this thread of worked for me It occurred when attempting to re-install VMWare, I'm receiving "Access denied" Sorry, didn't mean to send, continuing: .... I'm receiving "Access denied" when attempting to change permissions on the folder or delete it. I've attempt running a command prompt as administrator and removing the folder but no dice. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive...deletable.aspx takeown /f %1 /r /d y icacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t That's two lines from a script. The thing is, on the newer OSes, they changed the ownership of Program Files to make it harder to do certain exploits. Microsoft doesn't really want programs writing temporary files into the Program Files tree, and so they have one workaround for that (so the programs don't die because of the response). And when it comes to installation, Microsoft now likes to use "TrustedInstaller" account. If you do screw around with some folders, it's nice to put them back later, so "everything matches" :-) And don't ask me the question "what if I smash everything" or words to that effect. I don't know what the side effects are, of turning any modern OS into Windows 98 (no security). I presume things work as they used to, only now the malware will have an even easier time of it. As I'm extremely lazy, when a modern OS gets in the way, I sometimes tee up a copy of a Linux LiveCD, which doesn't implement NTFS security properly, and just go in there and have a field day. That's my equivalent of the "what if I smash everything" environment, only making it separate from Windows in a sense. When Windows wakes up, it finds a few things missing... and all the permissions are as they were :-) If you do decide to do something like that (Linux LiveCD), I should warn you that I have managed to destroy my Windows 7 install with a Linux LiveCD. It would no longer boot, and three repair attempts failed. It's a good thing I had made a backup two hours earlier. I think it may have had something to do with me "just looking" inside System Volume Information, but I really can't be certain. Since my C: is only 26GB of files, it doesn't take too long to back it up. Vista, Win7, and Win8, share many of the same permissions and security features, so some of these methods work on all three of them. Have fun, Paul |