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| Guest | Can't Delete Folder Just installed Vista Home Presidium, upgraded from XP. I'm trying to move and/or remove a folder that was created by Vista in the Programs menu but Vista tells me I need permission to perform this action. I checked the folder security and found the Full control is checked for all but are disabled. Also since I upgraded from XP Vista retained the Documents and Settings folder. Any way to remove this hidden folder?? Thanks, James |
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| Guest | RE: Can't Delete Folder First, the Documents and Settings is not a real folder, and you don't want to remove it. It is a link to the real folder, which is now c:\users that is there so that software that expects there to be a folder called Documents and Settings does not break. Second, the reason it is telling you that you do not have permissions to remove the folder under the Programs menu is that it is a folder visible to all users on the computer. To remove that you need to be an administrator, and under Windows Vista, by default, even if you are in the administrators group you do not have permissions to things as an administrator. To delete this folder you need to click the Continue button with the little shield on it, and then accept the following prompt. This is a feature called User Account Control (UAC) which is designed to enable users to not run as administrators all the time, which eventually will greatly improve security. In Windows Vista, it usually is most visible when you get the access denied error trying to delete files and folders that have delete permissions only for administrators. --- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 "JamesJ" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Can't Delete Folder I disabled UAC first thing after install. I might have had something to do with the fact that the folder I was trying to move had the same name as one I had created in XP before the install. When I renamed the old menu/folder to MyGames I was able to move it. Anyway, I cleared out the programs menu. Thanks, James "Jesper" <Jesper@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:54D01B72-B0C5-44BD-82DE-3A10F636E6E5@xxxxxx
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