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I have a folder on one of my hard drives, P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone, which I want to delete but cannot. I have tried numerous different ways to change/reset permissions and I still cannot delete this folder.
PS P:csharpaperture> whoami
azureadmikelloyd
PS P:csharpaperture> rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (src:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystone: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> rmdir .keystone
Confirm
The item at P:csharpaperturekeystone has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A
rmdir : Access to the path 'P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ rmdir .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> icacls.exe .keystone /reset /T
processed file: .keystone
processed file: .keystonesrc
.keystonesrcKeystone: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 2 files; Failed processing 1 files
I don't have read privileges.
It can't show the owner:
If I try to change the owner, I don't have permission to view or edit the object:
What is really strange is that I created the folder with my user, so I should be the effective owner. I have tried to delete the user as Administrator, but I can't do that either. I can't even delete the folder as NTSystem:
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>whoami /user
USER INFORMATION
----------------
User Name SID
=================== ========
nt authoritysystem S-1-5-18
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>rmdir /S Keystone
Keystone, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
Access is denied.
How can I delete this folder that I created?
windows permissions
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
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I have a folder on one of my hard drives, P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone, which I want to delete but cannot. I have tried numerous different ways to change/reset permissions and I still cannot delete this folder.
PS P:csharpaperture> whoami
azureadmikelloyd
PS P:csharpaperture> rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (src:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystone: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> rmdir .keystone
Confirm
The item at P:csharpaperturekeystone has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A
rmdir : Access to the path 'P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ rmdir .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> icacls.exe .keystone /reset /T
processed file: .keystone
processed file: .keystonesrc
.keystonesrcKeystone: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 2 files; Failed processing 1 files
I don't have read privileges.
It can't show the owner:
If I try to change the owner, I don't have permission to view or edit the object:
What is really strange is that I created the folder with my user, so I should be the effective owner. I have tried to delete the user as Administrator, but I can't do that either. I can't even delete the folder as NTSystem:
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>whoami /user
USER INFORMATION
----------------
User Name SID
=================== ========
nt authoritysystem S-1-5-18
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>rmdir /S Keystone
Keystone, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
Access is denied.
How can I delete this folder that I created?
windows permissions
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
add a comment |
I have a folder on one of my hard drives, P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone, which I want to delete but cannot. I have tried numerous different ways to change/reset permissions and I still cannot delete this folder.
PS P:csharpaperture> whoami
azureadmikelloyd
PS P:csharpaperture> rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (src:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystone: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> rmdir .keystone
Confirm
The item at P:csharpaperturekeystone has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A
rmdir : Access to the path 'P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ rmdir .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> icacls.exe .keystone /reset /T
processed file: .keystone
processed file: .keystonesrc
.keystonesrcKeystone: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 2 files; Failed processing 1 files
I don't have read privileges.
It can't show the owner:
If I try to change the owner, I don't have permission to view or edit the object:
What is really strange is that I created the folder with my user, so I should be the effective owner. I have tried to delete the user as Administrator, but I can't do that either. I can't even delete the folder as NTSystem:
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>whoami /user
USER INFORMATION
----------------
User Name SID
=================== ========
nt authoritysystem S-1-5-18
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>rmdir /S Keystone
Keystone, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
Access is denied.
How can I delete this folder that I created?
windows permissions
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
I have a folder on one of my hard drives, P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone, which I want to delete but cannot. I have tried numerous different ways to change/reset permissions and I still cannot delete this folder.
PS P:csharpaperture> whoami
azureadmikelloyd
PS P:csharpaperture> rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (src:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
rm : Cannot remove item P:csharpaperturekeystone: The directory is not empty.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -Recurse -Force .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> rmdir .keystone
Confirm
The item at P:csharpaperturekeystone has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A
rmdir : Access to the path 'P:csharpaperturekeystonesrcKeystone' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ rmdir .keystone
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (P:csharpaperturekeystone:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
PS P:csharpaperture> icacls.exe .keystone /reset /T
processed file: .keystone
processed file: .keystonesrc
.keystonesrcKeystone: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 2 files; Failed processing 1 files
I don't have read privileges.
It can't show the owner:
If I try to change the owner, I don't have permission to view or edit the object:
What is really strange is that I created the folder with my user, so I should be the effective owner. I have tried to delete the user as Administrator, but I can't do that either. I can't even delete the folder as NTSystem:
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>whoami /user
USER INFORMATION
----------------
User Name SID
=================== ========
nt authoritysystem S-1-5-18
P:csharpaperturekeystonesrc>rmdir /S Keystone
Keystone, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
Access is denied.
How can I delete this folder that I created?
windows permissions
windows permissions
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
asked 3 mins ago
mxplusbmxplusb
1011
1011
add a comment |
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