re: Cannot delete video file from folder
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 3:44 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MJB
(327 messages posted)
Try this:
How to Take Ownership of a Folder
NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has administrative
privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in order to have access to
the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode and log on with an account that
has Administrative rights.
If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. By
default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when not joined to a domain.
For additional information about how to do this, click the article number below to
view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307874 HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in
Windows XP
To take ownership of a folder:
1. Right-click the folder you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are logged in as
Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of
the contents of that folder, click to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and
objects check box.
5. Click OK. The following message appears, where folder name is the name of the
folder that you want to take ownership of:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you
want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
Click Yes.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want
for the folder and its contents.
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How to Take Ownership of a File
NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has administrative
privileges.
To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the file you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then
click OK.
The Administrator or Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions
on the files and folders under this folder, continue to step 5.
5. Click Add.
6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group
account to which you want to give access to the file. For example, Administrator.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want (for example,
Administrator), and then click to select the check boxes of the permissions that
you want to assign that user. For example, Full Control [Allow]. When you are finished
assigning permissions, click OK
Good Luck,
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 3:01 pm, Jeff wrote:
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>I have tried to delete in safe mode and also tried deleting the entire folder.
I
>am having no luck removing this file
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