Elliot B. Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) I am unable to delete E:\.Trash-999 it's 0 bytes but it's annoying to look at When I try to delete it, I get the following: Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Take ownership of it on the security tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 54 minutes ago, xendrome said: Take ownership of it on the security tab 'Everyone' is set for 'Full Control' Shouldn't that be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Elliot B. said: 'Everyone' is set for 'Full Control' Shouldn't that be enough? Yeah but you can add your username to it and you will be able to delete it. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, TAZMINATOR said: Yeah but you can add your username to it and you will be able to delete it. Well 'Everyone' wasn't enough in my case as I couldn't delete the file as it belonged to 'SYSTEM' I'll try adding my username. EDIT: That did it TAZMINATOR 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Elliot B. said: Well 'Everyone' wasn't enough in my case as I couldn't delete the file as it belonged to 'SYSTEM' I'll try adding my username. If not working, try to take ownership on that drive. After that, you can change it back to where it was when you are done. Before you restart PC, make sure to check there is no odd app/link in the startup. You can disable it if it shows in startup. If not, try to restart the PC and don't do anything else. make sure to delete that file/folder first... if not working, change the permissions on that folder and files then try again. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailSlug Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Go get LockHunter. It will add an entry to the context menu to check what is locking a file, and allow you to either end said process and retry, or delete on boot. Don't screw around with file permissions unless you know exactly what happens afterwards. It's a good way to permanently accidentally revoke access to your files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) I realize OP has already solved his issue. But adding the Take Ownership via registry helps in things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Another trick to getting rid of pesky files is that it seems sometimes if its permissions related you can still rename and/or move the file. In which case, rename it to windows.old and move to c:\ and run disk cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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