ROFL!
*ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > I just looked up the etymology of “red herring”. J > > > > (That’s why I marked it [OT].) > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 12:47 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cannot delete files [OT] > > > > Why would you say that? > > > > *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *ignoratio elenchi* > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 12:38 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cannot delete files > > > > I find that this almost always happens when there is a remote lock on the > file, so the deletion is 98% processed. :) > > > > Try to ensure that there are zero file handles open to that folder or its > parent via the HANDLE utility from SysInternals. If there is, and the > process holding it open is anything OTHER than System, you can shutdown or > kill the process to finish off the delete operation. > > > > If the process is System, however, only a reboot will finish it off. > > > > The "can't take ownership" error is a red herring. > > > > *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:16 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I have a user's roaming profile directory located on a Windows 2008 server > I cannot get rid of. I've been able to delete everything in the directory > except 4 files in a certain subdirectory called Recent. > > I tried taking ownership from GUI and from command line (via takeown.exe_ > with no success. I keep getting, "Unable to set new owner on 'filename'" > Access is Denied. > > The files and/or Recent are NOT opened/used. When going to the security > tab, it also says I don't have permissions to view the object's security > properties. > > All 4 of the files which I cannot take ownership of or delete are .lnk > files (They showup in folder view as a type of "Shortcut). > > Any thoughts on how to get rid of these things? > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
