Now, click Start and type in "Notepad" no quotes ; wait for Notepad to appear in the list and click it. If you want to delete a single file, make sure the entire path ends in the file you want to delete.
For example, if I wanted to delete "thisFile. If you enter in the wrong path and change access control and ownership, you will undoubtedly corrupt something. Next, highlight all the text in Notepad and then right click over top it, then select Copy from the dialogue menu. This will place the modified text into your clipboard. Now, go to the administrative command prompt you opened in Step 2 and right click in the middle of the window, then select "Paste" from the dialogue menu.
This will paste everything you entered into the Notepad onto the command line and hopefully the files and folders will also be deleted. If not, proceed to the next step. If the folder you are trying to delete is still present, go through the directory structure and shorten the folder names to single characters like "a", "b", "c", etc. Don't forget to rename the parent directory as well. After that, try deleting the folder again.
If you are trying to delete a single file, try renaming it, then try deleting it. If it still won't delete, proceed to the next step. Bookmark this page if you haven't already as you will need to sign on as the Administrator user to continue.
You should also copy the URL of this page into your clipboard and paste it into a Notepad file, as you won't easily be able to access your bookmarked page for the current user once you are signed on as the Administrator user. To do so: first, save the Notepad file you have with the commands in it taken from Step 3 , as you will need to use it again.
Now it's time to copy the URL of this page and save it to Notepad, so you can come back to it after you're signed on as the Administrator user. To do so: go to the address bar of your web browser, and click on the URL which contains the web address of this page.
Next, go to the administrative command prompt and right click in the middle of the window. The text you just copied should be output to the command line and the Administrator user should be active. Next, sign out of the current user and login as the Administrator user.
You will be logged off; at the sign in page, click the Administrator user account. There is no password to enter for the Administrator user, unless you previously set one. If it does not, you are welcome to contact me for additional support, described next. Additional 1-on-1 Support: From Dennis As you can see by these instructions, deleting files and folders with an error message that says "The system cannot find the file specified" can be tricky - because the system is essentially telling you that the files and folders you're trying to delete don't exist, when in fact they do.
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