Re: Automatic Update Temporary Directory & files

Pegasus,

Thank you for your help. I did use Jim's suggestion and it worked.

Best regards,

Thom

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

No, it won't change anything. If you still can't delete the problem folder,
follow Jim's suggestion.


"ThomasO" <ThomasO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pegasus,

I'm both owner and admin. I was the one that started the auto update. It
initially failed, then I fixed the over heating problem; then I
successfully
applied it. Is there some other ownership type? Now when I applied it I
changed the options to install from the update server. Is that going to
change anything?

ThomasO


"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

Log on as Administrator, then delete to folder. If denied permission then
you need to seize ownership of it. Click Start / Help and look for help
on
Ownership if unsure how to do it.


"ThomasO" <ThomasO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pegesus,

I tried your suggestion of booting into safe mode and deleting the
directory
and files. I still got an "access denied" no matter what in Windows
Explorer
and in a DOS session.

Any further suggestions?

ThomasO

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:


"ThomasO" <ThomasO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was having problems with my laptop and was unable to install the
automatic
updates. I had my admin settings to download the files. It just
kept
downloading the same updates over and over again. Each time putting
them
in
a new directory. It finally ran my harddrive out of space. I fixed
the
problem and have since install all of the patches. But this time I
installed
them from the update home.

I was able to remove all of the temporary directories except one.
It
will
not let me delete it because it is write-protected. It will let me
change
the attribute but when you go back into the directory to delete it
it
is
back
to read only.

I need to know how to permanently delete it???? Is the some tool to
delete
this? It is not needed because the SQL Server 2005 patch was
successfully
applied and I need the disk space.

Windows ignores the read-only attribute of folders. Reboot into Safe
Mode,
then delete the offending folder.









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