Windows/Delete Unowned Folder
< Windows
Run from a user in Administrators group, and from a command line window elevated to Administrator permission
# Take ownership as self (CMD or Powershell) takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y # OR # Take owenership as Administrator group (CMD or Powershell) takeown /A /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y
# Give full permission to Administrator group icacls "C:\Path\To\Folder" /grant Administrators:F /t
# CMD: remove the directory rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder" # OR # Powershell: remove the directory Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\Folder" -Recurse -Force # alias rmdir rmdir -Path "C:\Path\To\Folder" -Recurse -Force
Note: only reason "rmdir" won't work correctly in powershell, is Powershell aliases to Remove-Item