If you are able to delete the folder in safe mode, it means that some process was basically holding on to the folder and preventing Windows from deleting it. Windows 8 boots differently than previous versions of Windows, so read my previous post on how to boot Windows 8 into safe mode. You can read my previous post on how to restart Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 in safe mode. The easiest thing to try first is to restart Windows in Safe Mode and try to delete the folder from there. In this post, I’ll walk you through the different methods you can try to fix this problem, starting with the easier less-likely-to-work solutions, followed by the most-definitely, but requires-more-work solutions. Unfortunately, when dealing with the “You don’t have permission” issue, it’s either an actual permission issue or it’s because the file or folder is locked by a process. Obviously, my first thought was a permissions issue, but knowing how Windows works, you can never trust the error message either. So the administrator of the computer needs permission to delete a folder created by the administrator? Thanks Windows.
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