Re: Cannot delete folders in a mounted drive

From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 03/17/04

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    Andrew

    Use shift+delete, see this MS Knowledge Base article:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?id=243514

    Best regards

    Bjorn 

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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"Andrew" <ajhuk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have been attempting to mount a second disk drive onto a folder on drive
>C: using a variety of methods, including Control Panel Disk Manager,
>Mountvol and the freeware Junction.exe from www.sysinternals.com
>
>This, for example, allows drive D: to be viewed as a folder C:\Folder if I
>mount drive D: at this point.
>
>However, when I do this I am unable to delete sub-folders of C:\Folder.  For
>example if I view C:\Folder in "My Computer" I can create and delete a file
>and I can create a folder, but I cannot delete the folder!  I receive the
>error message "Cannot delete xxxx: Access denied.  Make sure the disk is not
>full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use".
>
>If I open a Command window in C:\Folder and use the RD command I can delete
>it, however.  I can also delete it using Explorer by viewing drive D:\
>rather thn the mount point C:\Folder.
>
>I have searched Google groups and found a couple of similar posts, but
>unfortunately no solutions.  Can anyone help on this?  Is this an inherent
>'bug' or am I doing something wrong?
>
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