Re: Admin gets "Access denied" when trying to delete
From: Arek Iskra [MVP] (arek_nospam_at_arekiskra.com)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:53:06 +0800
There is nothing strange about this. Certain folders (e.g. users' profiles)
will not allow Administrators to gain access, unless you take over the
ownership. This is most likely your case.
Try running tools like AccessEnum to check the folder and files permission
structure. If you are absolutely sure that no user is connected to certain
folder, you can simply take over the ownership and then delete unused data.
-- Arek Iskra Microsoft MVP for Windows Server "Kjetil Thorstensen" <kjetil.thorstensen@avis.no> wrote in message news:ufxGsiTZEHA.3752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > (I posted this in the ...migration group, but I think this must be a better > place) > > Hi. > > I'm doing some housekeeping, deleting inactive users, obsolete applications > and so forth - or at least trying to. I keep getting "Access denied" all > over the place. The files cannot be in use - I've tried rebooting, even > isolating the server from the network and then rebooting without success. > (It's very late evening to early night in Norway - no users on...) > > Isn't administrator the highest level there is - with license to whatever > he/she wants to do? Isn't that the whole point? > > Is there any way to force a deletion? I mean short of formatting the disk > and restoring everything else from backup? > > Rgds > Kjetil Thorstensen > > >
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