Can't delete empty folder

Can someone tell me how to get rid of an empty folder I can't delete? It
says I *need permission* but I'm the admin and that aggravating safety thing
in User Accounts is turned off anyway. Unlocker can't delete it either.
Thanks for any help you can give.

Sometimes restarting in a safe mode helps.

Perhaps the folder it's not empty.
I usually use command prompt and

cd \folder
dir /ah /as

Then if something is with hidden or system attributes, just turn those
attribute off.

attrib -h -s -r somefile.ext

After that delete usually works.


"Valorie McLaughlin" <> wrote in message
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> Can someone tell me how to get rid of an empty folder I can't delete? It
> says I *need permission* but I'm the admin and that aggravating safety
> thing in User Accounts is turned off anyway. Unlocker can't delete it
> either. Thanks for any help you can give.

You should recycle it instead.

Hi,

Click start, type CMD. Right click the entry that appears in the start menu,
choose 'run as administrator'. Click continue at the UAC prompt. From the
command line, type:

CD\<parent_directory>

RD /s /q <target_directory>

<parent_directory> should be the upper level folder housing the folder you
want to remove. <target_directory> would be the name of the folder you want
to remove.

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"Valorie McLaughlin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Can someone tell me how to get rid of an empty folder I can't delete? It
> says I *need permission* but I'm the admin and that aggravating safety
> thing in User Accounts is turned off anyway. Unlocker can't delete it
> either. Thanks for any help you can give.

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:12:47 -0500, "Valorie McLaughlin"
<> wrote:

>Can someone tell me how to get rid of an empty folder I can't delete? It
>says I *need permission* but I'm the admin and that aggravating safety thing
>in User Accounts is turned off anyway. Unlocker can't delete it either.
>Thanks for any help you can give.

With Unlocker , tell it to delete at reboot ?

"Jim" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:12:47 -0500, "Valorie McLaughlin"
> <> wrote:
>
>>Can someone tell me how to get rid of an empty folder I can't delete? It
>>says I *need permission* but I'm the admin and that aggravating safety
>>thing
>>in User Accounts is turned off anyway. Unlocker can't delete it either.
>>Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> With Unlocker , tell it to delete at reboot ?


This worked. Thank you for the suggestion.

To the others: I'm not familiar with the command prompt and have no idea
what a "parent directory" is but thank you also for your replies.

"Andy Huang" <> wrote in message
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> You should recycle it instead.

That would not work. I would get the same *need permission* error. Unlocker
did it on reboot.

Andy Huang wrote:
> So bring it to a local Dept of Environmental Protection.
> Don't try to recycle toxic ahhsets yourself.
> By the way, this is the gayest folder I ever seen

Are you into gay folders? What constitutes a gay folder? Do you have sex with them?

So bring it to a local Dept of Environmental Protection.
Don't try to recycle toxic ahhsets yourself.
By the way, this is the gayest folder I ever seen

A Gay folder is defined as a cheerful & blue one. As per 1950's definition.