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

[Peter Brawley]

On 6/26/2017 3:22, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi Arthur
>
> You also have registry entries to clean up, so this can be an extensive task:
>
> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231731(v=sql.110).aspx
>
> It might be faster and/or simpler to reinstall the OS.
>
> /gustav
>
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> Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Arthur Fuller
> Sendt: 26. juni 2017 09:44
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] How to remove a directory when access is denied
> ...
> Thanks, Peter and Gustav. Your replies beg the question, How do I run CMD with admin rights?

Um, they raise rather than beg it :-) ... one way is Start->Windows 
system->Command Prompt->More_Run as admin. Another is Right click 
c,d.exe where it lives and pick Run as admin. If it's on the Taskbar, ditto.

> I suppose that the MS people think they are protecting me from doing something stilly, but on occasion I do in fact want to do something silly and/or destructive. I'm tired of folks trying to protect me from my will to destroy the worlds I inhabit I just want to eradicate all traces of MS-SQL and start over. I have the disks for 2008 ++, and want to erase every previous trace of said installations. I have backup software from which I can create an image sans the MS-SQL stuff.
>
> You might ask, Why do I want to do this? Well, a number of job postings of interest demand acquaintance with SQL 2008, which I abandoned years back.
> So I have to remove everything to do with MS-SQL and then install those pieces, one virgin at a time. But the OS won't easily let me nuke the whole "Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server" directory and all its children.
>
> How can I do this?

How about a VM for SQL Server 2008?

PB

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