Windows Vista forum: Administrator CMD still Access Denied

I forgot to mention alot of the methods I have tried.
Command Prompt /s deletes all sub folders and /q removes the yes or no part
When I try to change the permissions I will get this message.

So there is either something wrong when the file was created, I don't even know how the file was created.
And I can't delete it. Is there anything else I can do besides Run as Admin and Safe Mode?

Thanks for the inadvertent tip about that. I'm using BatteryBar.

I'm Sorry but I don't understand what you are trying to tell me. I tried again with the file closed and only the properties open. For some reason the file has no permissions, and I can't edit them. Only the "System" has boxes checked and that is not even a user. How can I change privileges to administrator with out an actual systems user? This looks like it was a visual studios 2010 update 'VS10-KB2455033'. However I no longer have visual studios 2010 on this computer.

Is that when this happens to me I boot from my Ubuntu CD and delete it. It saves me from tinkering with this, adding the user to the C:\ folder and more.

Did you really want a course in Windows today? Here's the Ubuntu page I use for reference and REMEMBER this is not installed. It runs from CD.

-> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/use-ubuntu-live-cd-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-windows-computer/

When all else within the OS fails, your next option is to try and delete the folder and files from outside the OS. It would have been easier with Win 95/98/ME which all had DOS installed as well as Windows, but from XP onwards DOS was removed and what you get now is a DOS emulator in the Command Prompt. But that is still governed by Windows permissions.

That means using another Operating System and nowadays that is much simpler to do that it was. Linux is an alternative OS used by many around the world and one of the great things about Linux is that it offers a version of its OS, called Ubuntu, on a CD. The OS is wholly installed on the CD and all you have to do is insert the CD into the drive, boot up, and Ubuntu will load without affecting anything on the original OS. When fully loaded into memory you can use Ubuntu's file manager, (it does much the same as Windows Explorer), to locate and delete the folder you are trying to remove. Because Windows is not operative at the time, there will be no permissions issues.

You have to set it up of course but all that means is Google search for Ubuntu Live CD, download the iso file, burn it to a CD as an ISO, then boot up from it.

See if that does it for you.

Mark

Thank you for the advice, I have some blank DVDs on order they will arrive shortly and I will try that method.

Will need a few days.

It fits on a rather cheap and plentiful CDR.