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After upgrading your computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7, you might incur in a weird issue. As a matter of fact, for some unknown reason you won’t be able to delete old files and folders previously located in Vista. Apparently, these files are undeletable but, I have got the right solution to get rid of them!
- Make sure to have administrator rights.
- Click Start.
- In the search box, type cmd and press Enter.
- You should see the Command Prompt.
- To gain full control of files, type:
- Ta gain full control of folders, type:
- Done.
takeown /f file_name /d y
icacls file_name /grant administrators:F
takeown /f directory_name /r /d y
icacls directory_name /grant administrators:F /t
Alternatively, move the files you want to delete in your desktop, in a New Folder and restart your computer in Safe Mode.
- In safe Mode, click Start.
- In the Search box, type CMD and Press Enter.
- Type cd users
- cd your_username
- cd desktop
- cd New Folder
- Now, type del *.*
- Done!
Tags: trick, Win7
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December 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Thanks, this should help with other files too.