Owner: Unable to set new owner & access is denied

[guest]

I just moved a folder from one disk to another. The move was okay but the original folder was still there! Then I tried to delete it manually but I got the "Access denied" message. I tried to change the ownership but the system indicated "Unable to set new owner" on the folder. I have full administrator privileges, of course.

What can I do next?

[guest]

Normally you can change ownership on a folder through the admin group account...yours. Sometimes, however, Windows will balk. At this point it's usually time to break out the big guns...the hidden administrator account.

You activate this account through the command prompt.

Click the windows orb and type cmd in the search block
Right click the cmd.exe above the search block and run as administrator
in the command window type net user administrator /active:yes
Switch users
log onto the administrator account
Make your ownership changes...if you want to change ownership to this account, complete your deletion here as well.
log off the administrator account and switch back into your normal account
If you didn't log off, the command window is still active (if you did log off, reopen the command prompt as administrator)
in the command window type net user administrator /active:no*
Exit the command prompt

* If you would like to keep the administrator account active (not recommended, but your choice) you don't need to disabe, but you should include a strong password. This can be done in the command prompt or through the control panel user accounts section. If you forget the password you can always change it with your regular admin account.

[chicagotech]

Or the file or directory is corrupt and non-readable. Please check this post:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15981&p=24844#p24844