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  1. September 27th, 2015, 08:45 AM #1
    Rex A. Butcher
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    Problem deleting a folder

    What ho one and all,

    I have three HDD installed in my computer which is running XP Pro.

    On the third HDD, there is one folder that is empty, listed with 0 bytes but I cannot delete it. Every time, I get an Access denied; make sure the disk is not full or wite protected.

    It is neither. I have tried a variety of programs to delete on next boot, etc, but nothing works. Even using DOS, access is denied.

    What next?

    Toodle Pip and thanks

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  2. September 27th, 2015, 09:06 AM #2
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    Take ownership of the folder, then you should be able to remove it.
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  3. September 27th, 2015, 03:07 PM #3
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    Just in case ya might need it.

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  4. September 27th, 2015, 07:31 PM #4
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    It would also help if you specified the name of the folder. There are some folders that you can't delete.
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