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Deleteing a folder

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by morecowbell

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I still can't delete the folder.

c:\Documents and Settings\(username)

Remember: I changed the owners name of the pc and now I can't delete the folder or even RENAME the folder.

When I go into command prompt it still show the original owners name in the path still.
C:\Documents and Settings\(username) anything I can do?
Suggestions?

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by absolutely

You said this compute was once assigned to somebody else, right? So, who knows what user name re-naming shenanigans went on before you got this computer. [i]Maybe[/i] the folder you're trying to delete is associated with your own account, somewhere deep in the registry. If so, creating a new Administrator account might allow you to delete those files -- after you migrate all your current files and settings to the new, shenanigan-free account, of course.

by morecowbell

Ok, deleting the Administrator account worked. I just had to create another Administrator first.
Thanks

by beth blakley

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Message was edited by: beth.blakely@...
Posted: 03/23/2007 @ 07:41 (edited 03/23/2007 @ 8:07)

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