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From: Tom on 9 Mar 2010 23:13
Well, if assigning themselves admin priviledges, they can take control
of said file. By default, Windows will not even allow access to
systems files with admin level. Really though, myself included, I am
surprised it was not mentioned using system restore to get rid of the
Recycle Bin issue.

On Mar 9, 10:28 pm, "Phoenix" <gtr_phoe...(a)killerrabbit.verizon.net>
wrote:
> 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" <no...(a)nothere.com> wrote in message
>
> news:OJsCEf$vKHA.3536(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
>
>
> > "KauaiDave" <dryanhaw...(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.- Hide quoted text -
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From: Jeff Layman on 10 Mar 2010 11:59
"Carlos" <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:902C0F0E-CF5D-49F8-9B26-0825D493F78D(a)microsoft.com...
> Jeff,
> There's a new version 1.8.9 released yesterday:
> http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
> It claims Win 7 and x64 compatibility.
> Carlos
>

Thanks, Carlos. I only looked at Cedrick's site on Monday!

But I'm having a lot of trouble downloading the file as Norton views it as a
heuristic virus!

--

Jeff


From: Jeff Layman on 10 Mar 2010 13:28
"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:#xcRZMHwKHA.5812(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> "Carlos" <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:902C0F0E-CF5D-49F8-9B26-0825D493F78D(a)microsoft.com...
>> Jeff,
>> There's a new version 1.8.9 released yesterday:
>> http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
>> It claims Win 7 and x64 compatibility.
>> Carlos
>>
>
> Thanks, Carlos. I only looked at Cedrick's site on Monday!
>
> But I'm having a lot of trouble downloading the file as Norton views it as
> a heuristic virus!
>
> --
>
> Jeff
>

Eventually installed (after much trouble and having to remove DEP issues),
but doesn't work for me. I've emailed Cedrick to see if he can sort out the
problem.

--

Jeff


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