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Run from a user in Administrators group, and from a command line window elevated to Administrator permission | Run from a user in Administrators group, and from a command line window elevated to Administrator permission | ||
# Take ownership as self | |||
takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | ||
# OR | |||
# Take owenership as Administrator group | |||
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 | icacls "C:\Path\To\Folder" /grant Administrators:F /t | ||
# remove the directory | |||
rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder" | rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder" | ||
Revision as of 08:11, 5 January 2026
Run from a user in Administrators group, and from a command line window elevated to Administrator permission
# Take ownership as self takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y # OR # Take owenership as Administrator group 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
# remove the directory rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder"