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From: Donahoo on 9 Mar 2010 13:15
KauaiDave wrote:
>
> I copied files from a friends USB drive to my USD drive, both drives
> were plugged in at the same time on my Windows 7 system, then I
> copied them to my hard drive and now I can't delete them.
>
> I was always logged in as the same user, I tried to delete the files
> as that same user. The error message says they are
> owned by the same user (me). I tried to delete them with Cygwin in a
> shell and I get permission denied.
>
> A second related question is how to log in as Administrator in Windows
> 7 other than going to Safe Mode. I can not figure
> out how to login as the user Administrator, but I am in the
> Administrators group. This is not the first time Windows has
> tried to prevent me from deleting my own files, owned by me. So how
> to switch to Administrator?
>
> Any utilities anyone knows of that will delete files owned by the same
> person with the same permissions?
>
> Darn, I hate .0 releases of SW especially OS's.
>
> KauaiDave

I had a program on XP called ForceDelete but I don't know if works in
Windows 7.
From: Carlos on 9 Mar 2010 17:41
Jeff,
There's a new version 1.8.9 released yesterday:
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
It claims Win 7 and x64 compatibility.
Carlos

"Jeff Layman" wrote:

> "KauaiDave" <dryanhawley(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d186c26b-b242-4217-8763-5e708e942014(a)t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >
> > I copied files from a friends USB drive to my USD drive, both drives
> > were plugged in at the same time on my Windows 7 system, then I
> > copied them to my hard drive and now I can't delete them.
> >
> > I was always logged in as the same user, I tried to delete the files
> > as that same user. The error message says they are
> > owned by the same user (me). I tried to delete them with Cygwin in a
> > shell and I get permission denied.
> >
> > A second related question is how to log in as Administrator in Windows
> > 7 other than going to Safe Mode. I can not figure
> > out how to login as the user Administrator, but I am in the
> > Administrators group. This is not the first time Windows has
> > tried to prevent me from deleting my own files, owned by me. So how
> > to switch to Administrator?
> >
> > Any utilities anyone knows of that will delete files owned by the same
> > person with the same permissions?
> >
> > Darn, I hate .0 releases of SW especially OS's.
> >
> > KauaiDave
>
> How about using something like Eraser to get rid of the files when you
> reboot?
>
> I would have suggested using Unlocker, but the 64-bit version is still
> awaited. :-(
>
> --
>
> Jeff
>
>
> .
>
From: Robert Aldwinckle on 9 Mar 2010 18:51

"KauaiDave" <dryanhawley(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I copied files from a friends USB drive to my USD drive, both drives
> were plugged in at the same time on my Windows 7 system, then I
> copied them to my hard drive and now I can't delete them.
>
> I was always logged in as the same user, I tried to delete the files
> as that same user. The error message says they are
> owned by the same user (me). I tried to delete them with Cygwin in a
> shell and I get permission denied.


Try using icacls.exe (in an elevated cmd window)?


>
> A second related question is how to log in as Administrator in Windows
> 7 other than going to Safe Mode. I can not figure
> out how to login as the user Administrator, but I am in the
> Administrators group. This is not the first time Windows has
> tried to prevent me from deleting my own files, owned by me. So how
> to switch to Administrator?


Have you tried just elevating cmd.exe? Otherwise in order to switch to
Administrator you will have to give it a password.


>
> Any utilities anyone knows of that will delete files owned by the same
> person with the same permissions?
>
> Darn, I hate .0 releases of SW especially OS's.
>
> KauaiDave
From: Tom on 9 Mar 2010 21:16


"KauaiDave" <dryanhawley(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d186c26b-b242-4217-8763-5e708e942014(a)t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> I copied files from a friends USB drive to my USD drive, both drives
> were plugged in at the same time on my Windows 7 system, then I
> copied them to my hard drive and now I can't delete them.
>
> I was always logged in as the same user, I tried to delete the files
> as that same user. The error message says they are
> owned by the same user (me). I tried to delete them with Cygwin in a
> shell and I get permission denied.
>
> A second related question is how to log in as Administrator in Windows
> 7 other than going to Safe Mode. I can not figure
> out how to login as the user Administrator, but I am in the
> Administrators group. This is not the first time Windows has
> tried to prevent me from deleting my own files, owned by me. So how
> to switch to Administrator?
>
> Any utilities anyone knows of that will delete files owned by the same
> person with the same permissions?
>
> Darn, I hate .0 releases of SW especially OS's.
>
> KauaiDave

You should be an admin unless you made the choice otherwise when you first
logged onto that PC. Right click on "My Computer" then choose "manage".
Expand the "Local Users and Groups" tree, click on "Groups" then double
click "Administrators" in the main window and check if your user name is in
that group in the "members" window. If not, just add yourself to that.

From: Phoenix on 9 Mar 2010 22:28
If UAC is enabled, you sometimes need "elevated priveleges". So you have to
"run as administrator" even if you are the the administrator...
I've run into problems deleting files too even with elevated privileges, if
the file permissions are set weird by Windows. Haven't tried the utilities
mentioned yet...BTW, IE reports the Unlocker site as having been reported as
suspicious--I guess it views a utility that tries to tamper with its file
settings as malicious software.

"Tom" <noway(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "KauaiDave" <dryanhawley(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d186c26b-b242-4217-8763-5e708e942014(a)t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>> I copied files from a friends USB drive to my USD drive, both drives
>> were plugged in at the same time on my Windows 7 system, then I
>> copied them to my hard drive and now I can't delete them.
>>
>> I was always logged in as the same user, I tried to delete the files
>> as that same user. The error message says they are
>> owned by the same user (me). I tried to delete them with Cygwin in a
>> shell and I get permission denied.
>>
>> A second related question is how to log in as Administrator in Windows
>> 7 other than going to Safe Mode. I can not figure
>> out how to login as the user Administrator, but I am in the
>> Administrators group. This is not the first time Windows has
>> tried to prevent me from deleting my own files, owned by me. So how
>> to switch to Administrator?
>>
>> Any utilities anyone knows of that will delete files owned by the same
>> person with the same permissions?
>>
>> Darn, I hate .0 releases of SW especially OS's.
>>
>> KauaiDave
>
> You should be an admin unless you made the choice otherwise when you first
> logged onto that PC. Right click on "My Computer" then choose "manage".
> Expand the "Local Users and Groups" tree, click on "Groups" then double
> click "Administrators" in the main window and check if your user name is
> in that group in the "members" window. If not, just add yourself to that.

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