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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:32:55 -0800
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From: Evan Platt <evan AT espphotography DOT com>
Subject: Re: Unable to delete a number of directories...
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At 05:20 PM 2/16/2005, you wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Evan Platt wrote:
>
> > This is XP home, which I don't believe has folder ownership?
>
>It does.  What it doesn't have is the UI dialog to change it.
>
>One way to change the ownership would be Cygwin's "chown" program, but, as
>you've deleted most of Cygwin, that's not really an option.
>
>Microsoft TechNet claims that
>         If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must
>         start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an account
>         that has Administrative rights to have access to the Security tab.

Thanks all.. that did the trick.. For the archives, I had to do a good 
number of subdirectories one by one.change my account to the owner, then 
give owner full access. 30 minutes later, it's gone.... 


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