Context Menu - Take Ownership

If you are getting access denied or similar, the set up above may make it easier to take ownership of the files/folders.

gosh i hate vista. YEP even if you are an administrator account you cant hardly do nothing. BUT microsoft has a hidden account which will let you delete anything... BUT i forgot how to do it. BTW when i say anything i mean all the ****ty system crap which keeps getting denied. RESAULTS MAY VARY.

Originally Posted by nostaw5

gosh i hate vista. YEP even if you are an administrator account you cant hardly do nothing. BUT microsoft has a hidden account which will let you delete anything... BUT i forgot how to do it. BTW when i say anything i mean all the ****ty system crap which keeps getting denied. RESAULTS MAY VARY.

In the Tutorials there's an article how to set up the hidden Administrator account. I did it on my system, although luckily I never really have to use it. I think it still has that picture of a farm or something for wallpaper.

Originally Posted by Cold Steel

Nah, it didn't work. I have only one account and it's my user account, and I have full administrator rights. I just don't seem to be able to delete some folders and files, regardless of how I change them and establish controls. Can anyone help?

You should see the tutorial for setting up the administrator account that's on this site. Look in Tutorials forum.

If you still can't delete files I'd scan for malware. I had a registry hack stuck on my system that would not let me delete anything even using Unlocker and "delete on next boot" type utilities. Malware bytes antimalware cleaned it right off.

Agreed. Something isn't right. I've always been the only user on my pc, and even after formatting 2 times over the last year and a half, I can still do anything I want. Never had a problem with accessing anything at all.
Although, mine is a Retail full version, on a self built pc......not sure if that would make a big difference or not. I don't use branded pc's at all.