SOLVED Can't delete Folder

[Grizzly]

for a little while I have a folder in the root directory of my Insider DEV channel named " MountUUP ". I cannot delete it as it needs permission from ' TrustedInstaller '.
Is this a new feature ?? The folder is quite large with 2.15GB in size. can it be deleted ?

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Grizzly,

does this help at all?.

 

[Trouble]

Is this a new feature ??

Nope.
At least it isn't present on my Dev machine.

Are you using a program to build ISOs?
Something like UUPtoISO?
Looks like something that might have been left over from a failed cleanup of such a program.

 

[Grizzly]

Nope.
At least it isn't present on my Dev machine.
Are you using a program to build ISOs?
Something like UUPtoISO?
Looks like something that might have been left over from a failed cleanup of such a program.

you may be onto something. I have tried to create an ISO using UUPtoISO from the previous upgrades. That may be the reason why. However, I have never seen that before until recently....
Since UUPtoISO will not delete it (I did not expect it) I am using a program named Unlocker to get it deleted. I let you know the result....

 

[Grizzly]

Hi Grizzly,

does this help at all?.

does what help??? is there suppose to be some video attached??

got it:

youtube

 

[Trouble]

IDK, it's been a while since I last used that program so I can't speak to any current version changes or how it works currently.
I know that the installation creates a folder or two by default where it places some files during the process of the various steps but it's been my experience in the past that it generally does a pretty good job of cleaning up after itself.

As far as deleting it, you may have to take ownership away from TrustedInstaller and claim it for your account in order to delete it.
There is a small program download at the bottom of this article

How to Add “Take Ownership” to the Right-Click Menu in Windows Explorer

Taking ownership of files or folders in Windows is not simple. Both the GUI and command line take too many steps. Why not add a simple context menu command that lets you take ownership of any file or folder?

www.howtogeek.com

It makes adding and removing "TakeOwnership" easy to add to the right click menu.

 

[Grizzly]

Well, Unlocker was able to unlock the folder and its content and delete it. It took some time but was very successful.
I am going to mark this as SOLVED

 

[meshack]

It is a very common problem in Windows and very annoying. Usually I use a software is LongPathTool. You can try it too. Hopefully it will work.

 

[Grizzly]

It is a very common problem in Windows and very annoying. Usually I use a software is LongPathTool. You can try it too. Hopefully it will work.

@meshack Have you looked at the date of this post yet?? This was over 4 years ago and was solved.