Re: Cannot delete home folders of deleted users..

bushtor wrote: 
Hi,

w2k server issue, loggeg in as administrator:

I'm in the process of cleaning up home folder partitions of some
servers.

Quite a few user accounts have been deleted before actually deleting
their home folders.  When I in Windows Explorer select their home
folder's Properties/Security I see that the owner's login name has been
replaced by a GUID and when I try to transfer ownership to the
administrator I get access denied errors.

How can I actually delete 'loose' home folders which don't 'belong' to
existing owner accounts?  (As I cannot do this as admin right now)

Thanks for hints on this issue

Tor

Take Ownership - Make sure you set "Replace owner on subcontainers and ojects" at the bottom of the screen

Assign Full Control permissions (in the advanced tab) - Make sure you set " replace permissions on all child object

You should now be able to delete.

HTH

Ian
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