Vista - Deleting uninstalled files and folders

Hi guys. I thought I knew a lot about computers. I guess I don't. I am having
a hard time with Vista and it's permissions.

It won't let me shred or delete certain files and folders. Usually it is
files and folders I have uninstalled, and fragments of the program are still
left. They won't go away. Can't delete them or shred them..it won't let you.
I am the administrator and have permissions all over the place...still can't
get rid of these things. It won't let me get rid of empty folders sometimes.
And yet, 80% of all the other stuff goes away fine. Any thought or
advice..please? Greg

Hi,

Running as admin is insufficient to make changes to folders created in the
Program Files directory, you need to run either explorer or a command prompt
with elevated privileges for it to work. Do so by right clicking the program
or icon for it and using 'run as administrator'.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:526C0E1B-9C21-490F-95D4-939799FC6089@microsoft.com...
> Hi guys. I thought I knew a lot about computers. I guess I don't. I am
> having
> a hard time with Vista and it's permissions.
>
> It won't let me shred or delete certain files and folders. Usually it is
> files and folders I have uninstalled, and fragments of the program are
> still
> left. They won't go away. Can't delete them or shred them..it won't let
> you.
> I am the administrator and have permissions all over the place...still
> can't
> get rid of these things. It won't let me get rid of empty folders
> sometimes.
> And yet, 80% of all the other stuff goes away fine. Any thought or
> advice..please? Greg

Rick-

Thanx for getting back to me.

I don't see "Windows Explorer"?

I know all the previous versions of Windows had it. Where is it in Vista? I
tried to click on one of my problem folders (right clicked), and didn't see
"Run as administrator"? Sorry to bother you again.

Greg
"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Running as admin is insufficient to make changes to folders created in the
> Program Files directory, you need to run either explorer or a command prompt
> with elevated privileges for it to work. Do so by right clicking the program
> or icon for it and using 'run as administrator'.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:526C0E1B-9C21-490F-95D4-939799FC6089@microsoft.com...
> > Hi guys. I thought I knew a lot about computers. I guess I don't. I am
> > having
> > a hard time with Vista and it's permissions.
> >
> > It won't let me shred or delete certain files and folders. Usually it is
> > files and folders I have uninstalled, and fragments of the program are
> > still
> > left. They won't go away. Can't delete them or shred them..it won't let
> > you.
> > I am the administrator and have permissions all over the place...still
> > can't
> > get rid of these things. It won't let me get rid of empty folders
> > sometimes.
> > And yet, 80% of all the other stuff goes away fine. Any thought or
> > advice..please? Greg
>
>

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99C6E670-B0CE-4F89-9AA1-EEDB155583B5@microsoft.com...
> Rick-
>
> Thanx for getting back to me.
>
> I don't see "Windows Explorer"?
>
> I know all the previous versions of Windows had it. Where is it in Vista?
> I
> tried to click on one of my problem folders (right clicked), and didn't
> see
> "Run as administrator"? Sorry to bother you again.
>
> Greg
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Running as admin is insufficient to make changes to folders created in
>> the
>> Program Files directory, you need to run either explorer or a command
>> prompt
>> with elevated privileges for it to work. Do so by right clicking the
>> program
>> or icon for it and using 'run as administrator'.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:526C0E1B-9C21-490F-95D4-939799FC6089@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi guys. I thought I knew a lot about computers. I guess I don't. I am
>> > having
>> > a hard time with Vista and it's permissions.
>> >
>> > It won't let me shred or delete certain files and folders. Usually it
>> > is
>> > files and folders I have uninstalled, and fragments of the program are
>> > still
>> > left. They won't go away. Can't delete them or shred them..it won't let
>> > you.
>> > I am the administrator and have permissions all over the place...still
>> > can't
>> > get rid of these things. It won't let me get rid of empty folders
>> > sometimes.
>> > And yet, 80% of all the other stuff goes away fine. Any thought or
>> > advice..please? Greg
>>
>>
>
Explorer is just where it always was. Right click the Start button and look
in the menu.

--
Ian

With patience there is always a way.

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Hi Greg,

Just type it into the search line when you click on the start button. The
entry will appear in the menu. Same thing with the command prompt, just type
CMD into the line.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99C6E670-B0CE-4F89-9AA1-EEDB155583B5@microsoft.com...
> Rick-
>
> Thanx for getting back to me.
>
> I don't see "Windows Explorer"?
>
> I know all the previous versions of Windows had it. Where is it in Vista?
> I
> tried to click on one of my problem folders (right clicked), and didn't
> see
> "Run as administrator"? Sorry to bother you again.
>
> Greg
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Running as admin is insufficient to make changes to folders created in
>> the
>> Program Files directory, you need to run either explorer or a command
>> prompt
>> with elevated privileges for it to work. Do so by right clicking the
>> program
>> or icon for it and using 'run as administrator'.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:526C0E1B-9C21-490F-95D4-939799FC6089@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi guys. I thought I knew a lot about computers. I guess I don't. I am
>> > having
>> > a hard time with Vista and it's permissions.
>> >
>> > It won't let me shred or delete certain files and folders. Usually it
>> > is
>> > files and folders I have uninstalled, and fragments of the program are
>> > still
>> > left. They won't go away. Can't delete them or shred them..it won't let
>> > you.
>> > I am the administrator and have permissions all over the place...still
>> > can't
>> > get rid of these things. It won't let me get rid of empty folders
>> > sometimes.
>> > And yet, 80% of all the other stuff goes away fine. Any thought or
>> > advice..please? Greg
>>
>>