folder deletion

I recently migrated several thousand files and folders from one external hard drive to another. My backup software (iDrive) failed to back up 5 or 6 folders. When I looked at the properties for those folders, the Security tab just says "The requested security information is either unavailable...

I tried deleting (after copying it to another location) the %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps folder in order to perform a system restore. The restore point gave me an WindowsApps error, so I searched the internet and found several workarounds consisting on deleting or renaming that folder. It seemed...

Hi everybody, I'm trying to delete a folder that contains two files that I do not recognise. The two files are: Name Date Modified Type Size '.substr($m,0,2) file 0KB...

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on Toshiba Qosmio - I've been experiencing random folder deletions. Today I was deleting a single video from a folder when I got the msg "too big for recycle bin - permanently delete?" I clicked yes and the entire folder disappeared. This happens maybe once every...

Hi all, I upgraded form Windows Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. It must have not been a clean install bc i had several Windows.old folders. I deleted some of them but still have windows.old and some of windows.old.000. I want to keep windows.old, but wish to delete all of windows.old.000...

Many times, when I try to delete or move a files or folder I am told I need the Administartor's permission. But I am the only user of this computer and definitely already have an Administrator account. What can I do?

Hi: Looks like I'm not the only one to have had this problem, but since the posts seem a few years old, one would HOPE that Microsoft might have gotten the big hint and fixed this problem. I have Windows 7 professional. First, when setting up, there was a typo in the user name and the...

Hello! I have a really strange problem. I am using Windows 7 Professional with SP1 installed. I have a My Book 500GB external hard drive connected to the network via Linksys E3000. Now in Windows 7 I am logged in as Admin. The network disk is configured in Linksys, that an admin group can r&w...

Hi there, I really need help, I may have deleted something that is important, yesterday I went into C:/Users/user/Appdata/Roaming to configure something with my Minecraft saves. After I was done Me being my stupid self thought I should delete a folder named "InstallShield" What I really want to...

I've just installed Windows 7 x64 Home Premium and it's a nightmare thanks to UAC. Things have finally come to a head now I've tried to delete a folder in Windows.Old only to be told I require permission from administrators. Things is, I'm the only user of this machine. I AM the administrator...

Hello in windows7 there is "document and setting" and "users" folders. they have the same contents and size. and they take up duplicate space. can i delete one of the folders? how can i save capacity in HD? my 'windows' folder growing all the time and now its 11gb size. there is somting to...

I am sick of being restricted to some stupid actions such as as simple as deleting folders. sometimes some folders will not be deleted and it says i need administrative privileges to do so, but those folders are not in use or they dont have any executables running from inside or used by one or...

I was attempting to instal and mod the game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Bethesda softworks, and was having problems with it, so I decided to statover. I ran all of the relevant uninstalls (the oriignals games, the expansion, the mods) but there is still a bethesda folder in my program files...

Hello everyone. First of all, by the title, this seems like a common problem, but I think my situation may be different, as I've tried most of the common solutions. Background: Installed W7 last night on my OS partition (I have a separate programs and data partitions on the same drive). As...

My .Net Framework config file got corrupted. I tried to delete my .Net Framework folder 2.0 but most of the files can't be deleted. Same with 1.0. I'd like to install ver 3.5 but it won't complete the installation. How can I delete the 1.0 & 2.0 .Net Framework folders and files so I can start...

so randomly every now and then it would tell me i dont have permission to delete a folder or to save a file to disk here and there but if i were to wait say oh 1-2 minutes it would perform the action without issue.... if i unzip a folder i may delete it without issue, if i unzip that folder and...