When, after the upgrade to Windows Vista, you want to delete files or folders, and this operation is denied
Most of the times it may happen to not be able to delete files or folders because we don’t have the permissions. This happens when we try to delete system files, but it can also happen when we try to delete one that we created when we had Windows XP, then before the update.
In fact, doing an upgrade to Windows Vista, you can lose the permissions on your files and folder simply because Windows considers you a different user than the user that created the file, and then does not allow you to delete it.
But if we delete those files? How do we do it?
We must start by saying that this operation gives you the ability to also delete system files, damaging the installation of Windows, then I invite you to pay attention.
How to proceed
- Click with the right button on the file which we want to acquire the permissions, and choose Properties and now click the tab Security
- Click on the button Advanced, tab Permissions, click on the Edit button (UAC Prompt)
We have a window that allows us to manage the permissions on the file.
- At this point, click on the Add button
- Select the text field called Enter the object name to select
- Write Everyone and press Check names, then OK
We should be arriving at the following window
We need to get the full control on the file, then we have to do that, select the Allow full Control as well as the I selected I. We will select automatically all the flags below.
- Click OK
- Eliminate or modify the file before it was protected
It is a new useful function to avoid that files are deleted of your system so as to cause damage to Windows itself (something that could not happen in Windows XP), but in some cases it becomes necessary to ovviarlo.
There is the method in order to obtain the full control of all files on Windows Vista, but I don’t describe it to avoid exposing to too much risk to your computer.