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I have the following scenario: I have a
I have several symlinks and junctions in this Foo folder (both for network locations and local paths).
The problem is that apparently I can't delete any folders within these folders (so eg.
I get the "You'll need to provide administrator permissions to delete this folder" popup (If I click Administrator continue, it gives another permission error popup)
When I try to make this operation on the un-substed folder - so
Why is this happening? Is there any way to make this working?
Ps: please don't suggest to use
C:\Foo
folder which I subst
-ed for easier access as X:I have several symlinks and junctions in this Foo folder (both for network locations and local paths).
The problem is that apparently I can't delete any folders within these folders (so eg.
X:\JunctionFolder\Subfolder
).I get the "You'll need to provide administrator permissions to delete this folder" popup (If I click Administrator continue, it gives another permission error popup)
When I try to make this operation on the un-substed folder - so
C:\Foo\JunctionFolder\Subfolder
, it can be deleted without problem.Why is this happening? Is there any way to make this working?
Ps: please don't suggest to use
net use
instead of subst: this creates a network mount that severly decreases performance of accessing the folder.