Window Server 2008 R2: Unable to delete File
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Friday, June 22, 2012 10:58 AM
I have couple of excel files in a folder and I am unable to delete them.If I simply press delete it says 'You need permissions to perform this action'. If I press Shift-Delete its deleted but when I press f5 it comes back. I have tried deleting them with domain and local admin accounts with no success,
1) If I go to the properties of the file, its unable to display the owner and cannot change the owner as well. 'Unable to set nwe owner: Access is denied'.
2) tried : takeown /F "filename" results: Error: Access is denied
3) tried icacls filename /grant everyone:F /T results Access is denied
4) tried attrib -h -r -s filename results Access is denied.
Can some one please help me why I cannot delete this file?
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Friday, June 22, 2012 11:14 AMModerator
Can some one please help me why I cannot delete this file?
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;320081
Probable fix for your problem would be:
Reboot the server in Safe mode, try to take ownership and then delete the files.
Press any key... What the ... Where's any key ?
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