Windows/Delete Unowned Folder

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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"