Can't delete .Trash-999 folder

[Elliot B.]

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?

 

 

[xendrome]

Take ownership of it on the security tab

[Elliot B.]

54 minutes ago, xendrome said:

Take ownership of it on the security tab

'Everyone' is set for 'Full Control'

 

Shouldn't that be enough? 

 

[TAZMINATOR]

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.

[Elliot B.]

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]

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.

 

 

[SnailSlug]

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.

[T3X4S]

I realize OP has already solved his issue.  But adding the Take Ownership via registry helps in things like this.

[Memphis]

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.