[dba-Tech] How to remove a directory when access is denied

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sun Jun 25 16:55:38 CDT 2017


I am getting nowhere trying to delete the directory of interest. despite
the leads offered. I have another idea. How can I reboot and go into the
cmd prompt rather than loading Windows 10?

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> On 6/25/2017 9:22, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>
>> The "rd "dirname" /s command won't let me remove the directory of
>> interest.
>> It just says "Access denied." How can I forcibly remove the directory?
>>
>
> Does https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-
> security/unable-to-delete-a-folder-in-windows-7-getting/ac9e
> bc1c-b5c8-4203-8c43-f96c1892250a help?
>
> PB
>



-- 
Arthur


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