Cannot move or delete files in vista

You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you will need to try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then shutting down and restarting your computer.

For more information about options, see Advanced startup options including safe mode. Log on to your computer with a user account that has administrator rights. Try to perform virus scan from Microsoft security essentials to see if the file is infected. Try to take ownership of the file or folder from the command line, the steps are given below.

Open an elevated Command Prompt window. Use this syntax:. Then to assign the Administrators group Full Control Permissions for the folder, use this syntax:. Command-line help: To know more information about the above commands, run these commands from a Command Prompt window.

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