You may have to take ownership of the folder holding these files. I am not familiar with Windows 7 but in Windows XP Open Windows Explorer Navigate to the folder Right-click on it and click Properties Click Security tab Highlight your user name Click Advanced button Click Owner tab Select your user name in the Change owner to: panel Check the box "Replace owner on subcontainers.... Click Apply Click OK to get back to the Security tab (You may have to close down this menu and restart it) Navigate to your user name Select the options you want, probably full control Click OK You should now be able to delete the folder and/or files
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael Copquin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:42 AM Subject: [OT] damn windows 7 !!!! >I recently acquired Windows 7 Home Premium and installed it into my > desktop computer. > > In order to have a clean installation I formatted my HD and installed > it. No problems there (?!) > > I also installed my usual utilities, programs I am confortable with that > I have been using for a long time, etc. > > Now I want to download new versions of some of those programs (ie > PDFCreator, etc) > > In order to install the new versions I have to uninstall the old > versions. The uninstall tells me that certain files have to be deleted > by hand. > > When I open the windows explorer and try to delete them, I get the > message that I need administrators rights to be able to do that. > > I AM THE ONLY USER OF THIS COMPUTER AND ARE LOGGED IN AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. > > How can I tell the f.....g windows 7 that I am an administrator and so > it will let me erase files????? > > > Please advise > > Rafael Copquin > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/2eb4aee060b64b6db7187fe3d403b...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
