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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 | # Take ownership as self (CMD or Powershell) | ||
takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | ||
# OR | # OR | ||
# Take owenership as Administrator group | # Take owenership as Administrator group (CMD or Powershell) | ||
takeown /A /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | takeown /A /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r /d y | ||
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icacls "C:\Path\To\Folder" /grant Administrators:F /t | icacls "C:\Path\To\Folder" /grant Administrators:F /t | ||
# remove the directory | # CMD: remove the directory | ||
rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder" | rmdir /s /q "C:\Path\To\Folder" | ||
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# Powershell: remove the directory | |||
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\Folder" -Recurse -Force | |||
Revision as of 08:15, 5 January 2026
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