i have win xp installed on c:, i had installed vista in d: with dual boot... then i deleted the vista folders nd changed boot.ini... but the 2 folders of vista ; windows nd docm & settings im not able to delete...access denied.. make sure that disk is..blah blah...how do i remove them???
windows not allowing me to delete files.....
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Quiz_Master
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Are you sure they are of Vista???
Run CheckDisk on your D: Drive. I think those files are gone currupt thats why they can not be deleted.
Try deleting them again.
If its not working then boot in safe mode and delete them. I think this should solve the problem.
Run CheckDisk on your D: Drive. I think those files are gone currupt thats why they can not be deleted.
Try deleting them again.
If its not working then boot in safe mode and delete them. I think this should solve the problem.
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Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
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Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
techtronic
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Do you have any other data stored in D: other than these two folders ?
kaustav_geek
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Nuh uh.. Scandisk won't help.... And neither will deletion in safe mode....
@Omsck
Do you have a Windows 98 or Windows XP boot disk ?? If you have the former... Boot with and then try and delete the twp drives from there..
If you have the latter, again, boot from it and enter Repair Mode... From there, delete the reqd folders.
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The Transcendental
Try booting from a BartPE disk, live cd eg. some linux distro which can mount and edit ntfs & fat32, or even a bootable floppy of ntfsdos and delete the crap.
If you can't do this,
try exiting all running programs, kill as many processes & services you can in Task Manager, even explorer
than run cmd prompt by win+r key (enter cmd in the run dialog box)
in dos, navigate to the directory and delete it by:
DEL "Path of the folder" /F /S /Q
If you can't do this,
try exiting all running programs, kill as many processes & services you can in Task Manager, even explorer
than run cmd prompt by win+r key (enter cmd in the run dialog box)
in dos, navigate to the directory and delete it by:
DEL "Path of the folder" /F /S /Q
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kaustav_geek
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I don't see why he can't do that...
Are you sure that ^^^ will work ?? cmd is just a DOS shell which runs over Windows. So, he still won't be able to delete the files...
I suspect that the partition , from which he wants to delete is NTFS.. In such a case, my suggestion of WIN 98 boot disk won't work.... Go for ntfsdos disk as per the suggestion by Free Radical.
kaustav_geek
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Why do you at all want to delete those files?What are they ?? And what is the size of the folders ?
One of the above processes should have worked....
One of the above processes should have worked....
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP
Open "Tools -> Folder Options" and goto "View" tab and make sure that the option "Use Simple File Sharing" (or something like that) is disabled.
Now right-click on the folders and click on "Properties".
Goto "Security" tab and make sure ur account has all permissions. If not then grant it all permissions. If it doesnt help, then take ownership of the folder.
Now try again to delete the folders.
Now right-click on the folders and click on "Properties".
Goto "Security" tab and make sure ur account has all permissions. If not then grant it all permissions. If it doesnt help, then take ownership of the folder.
Now try again to delete the folders.
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP
^^ cool. It worked for u. 
kaustav_geek
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@ Vishal
How come one is unable to do so from within the recovery console??
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP
^^ bcoz the owner of those folders is different from administrator (its Trustedinstaller, I think) and u hv to logged in with administrator account in "Recovery Console", so u r not authorized to delete them.
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP
^^ u didnt get it.
What I meant is, only "Trustedinstaller" account can delete those folders coz its the owner and u logged in as administrator in Recovery Console not trustedinstaller, then how can u delete those folders?
What I meant is, only "Trustedinstaller" account can delete those folders coz its the owner and u logged in as administrator in Recovery Console not trustedinstaller, then how can u delete those folders?
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