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Old 28-08-2007, 11:17 AM   #1
Andrew Staley
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Delete Folder - Access Denied.

Recently we have had a problem where someone has moved a folder (and not
held their hands up to doing it) which is critical to the operation of our
business. Fortunately we were able to move the files back to where they
were.

Since moving the files back though we have a folder left with a sub folder
which is causing our backups to fail due to an "Access Denied" error. As
the administrator I have ownership and full permissions to the parent
folder, but I cant access or alter the child folder? When I look at the
properties of the child folder there is no "Security" tab.

Is there a way around this, there is no content in either folder but I would
still like to remove it no the less.

Thanks in advance, Andrew.


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Old 28-08-2007, 11:17 AM   #2
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"Andrew Staley" <> wrote in message
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> Recently we have had a problem where someone has moved a folder (and not
> held their hands up to doing it) which is critical to the operation of our
> business. Fortunately we were able to move the files back to where they
> were.
>
> Since moving the files back though we have a folder left with a sub folder
> which is causing our backups to fail due to an "Access Denied" error. As
> the administrator I have ownership and full permissions to the parent
> folder, but I cant access or alter the child folder? When I look at the
> properties of the child folder there is no "Security" tab.
>
> Is there a way around this, there is no content in either folder but I
> would still like to remove it no the less.
>
> Thanks in advance, Andrew.
>


Try this command from a Command Prompt:

cacls "d:\Some Folder" /t /e /g administrator:f system:f


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Old 28-08-2007, 11:17 AM   #3
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Re: Delete Folder - Access Denied.


"Andrew Staley" <> wrote in message
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> Recently we have had a problem where someone has moved a folder (and not
> held their hands up to doing it) which is critical to the operation of our
> business. Fortunately we were able to move the files back to where they
> were.
>
> Since moving the files back though we have a folder left with a sub folder
> which is causing our backups to fail due to an "Access Denied" error. As
> the administrator I have ownership and full permissions to the parent
> folder, but I cant access or alter the child folder? When I look at the
> properties of the child folder there is no "Security" tab.
>
> Is there a way around this, there is no content in either folder but I
> would still like to remove it no the less.
>
> Thanks in advance, Andrew.
>


Try this command from a Command Prompt:

cacls "d:\Some Folder" /t /e /g administrator:f system:f


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Old 28-08-2007, 11:18 AM   #4
Andrew Staley
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Re: Delete Folder - Access Denied.

Thanks for the reply. That worked perfectly.

Andrew.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
>
> "Andrew Staley" <> wrote in message
> news:%.gbl...
>> Recently we have had a problem where someone has moved a folder (and not
>> held their hands up to doing it) which is critical to the operation of
>> our business. Fortunately we were able to move the files back to where
>> they were.
>>
>> Since moving the files back though we have a folder left with a sub
>> folder which is causing our backups to fail due to an "Access Denied"
>> error. As the administrator I have ownership and full permissions to the
>> parent folder, but I cant access or alter the child folder? When I look
>> at the properties of the child folder there is no "Security" tab.
>>
>> Is there a way around this, there is no content in either folder but I
>> would still like to remove it no the less.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Andrew.
>>

>
> Try this command from a Command Prompt:
>
> cacls "d:\Some Folder" /t /e /g administrator:f system:f
>
>


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Old 28-08-2007, 11:18 AM   #5
Andrew Staley
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Re: Delete Folder - Access Denied.

Thanks for the reply. That worked perfectly.

Andrew.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
>
> "Andrew Staley" <> wrote in message
> news:%.gbl...
>> Recently we have had a problem where someone has moved a folder (and not
>> held their hands up to doing it) which is critical to the operation of
>> our business. Fortunately we were able to move the files back to where
>> they were.
>>
>> Since moving the files back though we have a folder left with a sub
>> folder which is causing our backups to fail due to an "Access Denied"
>> error. As the administrator I have ownership and full permissions to the
>> parent folder, but I cant access or alter the child folder? When I look
>> at the properties of the child folder there is no "Security" tab.
>>
>> Is there a way around this, there is no content in either folder but I
>> would still like to remove it no the less.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Andrew.
>>

>
> Try this command from a Command Prompt:
>
> cacls "d:\Some Folder" /t /e /g administrator:f system:f
>
>


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