gerrard

Third pass. i think this is what it boils down to. When you cannot delete a folder or file in Vista you may have to take explicit ownership of it and pass the credentials down to all the child files. You can do this by viewing the properties/security tag of the higher level folder. Then select "advanced" button. Select the "owner" tab and on that page click "edit" Click on your name (assuming added earlier), and tick the "replace owner on subcontainers and objects" box. Click ok.

obviously make sure you have backups etc. apologies if someone already described this and i was too dense to understand