Log in as "System Administrator"?

[Ellwood P. Farquad]

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

Being slightly OCD, tried to delete it so as to clean up expansion hard
drive.

Sorry, you can't do that, you don't have "System" privileges.

I live alone, I'm the only human being who comes in contact with this PC,
when I turn it on it just boots up to me and my account I guess.

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for the two
seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion drive (K
thumbing
its nose at me?

TIA

 

[Nil]

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for
the two seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion
drive (K thumbing
its nose at me?

What is in the folder? What is its date? Are you sure it isn't created
by and/or being used by a running process?

 

[Jolly polly]

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

Being slightly OCD, tried to delete it so as to clean up expansion hard
drive.

Sorry, you can't do that, you don't have "System" privileges.

I live alone, I'm the only human being who comes in contact with this PC,
when I turn it on it just boots up to me and my account I guess.

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for the two
seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion drive (K
thumbing
its nose at me?

TIA

The folder has been created by a Windows update, don't yer love Microsoft!

 

[TripleA]

"Jolly polly" wrote in message

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works
fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

Being slightly OCD, tried to delete it so as to clean up expansion
hard drive.

Sorry, you can't do that, you don't have "System" privileges.

I live alone, I'm the only human being who comes in contact with
this PC,
when I turn it on it just boots up to me and my account I guess.

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for the
two seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion drive
(K thumbing
its nose at me?

TIA

The folder has been created by a Windows update, don't yer love
Microsoft!

Well, there's always Mac.

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

SFAIR, it is for work files during an update. Just ignore it and it
will be tidied when any updates are finished.

Steve

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[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works
fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

Being slightly OCD, tried to delete it so as to clean up expansion
hard drive.

Sorry, you can't do that, you don't have "System" privileges.

I live alone, I'm the only human being who comes in contact with this
PC, when I turn it on it just boots up to me and my account I guess.



How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for the
two seconds it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on
expansion drive (K thumbing its nose at me?

I don't think you can log on as "System." You can log in as
"Administrator," however, and change the security properties to give
yourself power to delete the system folder. Right click on the folder
and select the Security tab.

 

[Paul]

I don't think you can log on as "System." You can log in as
"Administrator," however, and change the security properties to give
yourself power to delete the system folder. Right click on the folder
and select the Security tab.

A typical search term, is "Take Ownership". There will be a bunch
of articles on the topic, including articles that describe how
to add an entry to the context menu, so you can click on an item,
and do it in one step. This article shows the official "long way".

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx

Once you "own" the folder, then you might be able to delete it.

Some examples here, of tools for handling stubborn files/folders.
I've never needed stuff like this (there are other ways, that take
a bit more time).

http://www.mydigitallife.info/delete-files-or-folders-locked-by-windows-via-unlocker-187/

There are some folders in Windows 7, that will return "access denied"
no matter what you try. System Volume Information would be an example.
It contains files used by Volume Shadow Service. (I know the folder
is "special", because nfi.exe utility won't list the contents either.)
You can access that folder from Linux though, but if you touch something in
that folder, Windows might fail to boot the next time. So
sometimes, when you get Access Denied on a folder, it's actually
for a good reason But K:\e83b21268c761d1ae8 is not likely to be
one of the special cases.

Paul

 

[Ellwood P. Farquad]

"Nil" wrote in message

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for
the two seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion
drive (K thumbing
its nose at me?

What is in the folder? What is its date? Are you sure it isn't created
by and/or being used by a running process?

Who can tell? When I try to find out anything about it I get
"Access Denied". Tried to change "Security" tab using "Administrators"
entry and got booted out also. OS just doesn't want me to know
anything about the darn thing or go anywhere near it.

 

[Ellwood P. Farquad]

"Jolly polly" wrote in message

Two year old Dell PC running Windows 7, love it to death.

Bought and plugged in an expansion hard drive for backups, works fine.

Month or so ago had some hiccups running backup, got it all fixed,
everything's fine.

Noticed a strange File Folder on the expansion drive (K
"e83b21268c761d1ae8".

Being slightly OCD, tried to delete it so as to clean up expansion hard
drive.

Sorry, you can't do that, you don't have "System" privileges.

I live alone, I'm the only human being who comes in contact with this PC,
when I turn it on it just boots up to me and my account I guess.

How do I switch over to being the PC "System Administrator" for the two
seconds
it will take me to delete that pesky file sitting on expansion drive (K
thumbing
its nose at me?

TIA

The folder has been created by a Windows update, don't yer love Microsoft!

That seems right, a few days before I noticed its existence Microsoft
installed
13 updates as I shut down the PC. But I let the process run to completion,
why did it leave messy leftovers behind I wonder?

 

[Wolf K]

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The folder has been created by a Windows update, don't yer love Microsoft!

That seems right, a few days before I noticed its existence Microsoft
installed
13 updates as I shut down the PC. But I let the process run to completion,
why did it leave messy leftovers behind I wonder?

a) It isn't a leftover, but a necessary file; and/or
b) Updates always leave some stuff, so that you can roll back to an
earlier state.

Wolf K.

 

[...winston]

"Wolf K" wrote in message

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The folder has been created by a Windows update, don't yer love Microsoft!

That seems right, a few days before I noticed its existence Microsoft
installed
13 updates as I shut down the PC. But I let the process run to completion,
why did it leave messy leftovers behind I wonder?

a) It isn't a leftover, but a necessary file; and/or
b) Updates always leave some stuff, so that you can roll back to an
earlier state.

Wolf K.

[:]
Leftover file(s) from WU/MU on an external (non o/s drive - i.e.the op's - expansion drive K) that are necessary and/or required
for rolling back ?

 

[pjp]

"Wolf K" wrote in message


a) It isn't a leftover, but a necessary file; and/or
b) Updates always leave some stuff, so that you can roll back to an
earlier state.

Wolf K.

You can take "ownership" of the folder. Right click and mess around
inside the Security tab. I've found that folders named similarily that
show up from time to time on my systems can be erased, often needing the
rig-a-mor-ole you're going thru. Occassionally there's a file inside the
folder being used and I first need to reboot before deleting. The
folders themselves appear to be a leftover from an install of some
software. I assume it's from one of the "install engines" you see, e.g.
Installshield etc.