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In the past, I moved the folder "Pictures" to a new location on Drive D. Today I returned it to the "default" Location. All went well.

I tried to delete "D:\Pictures" folder and got the message,

"You require permission from the computer's administrator to make changes to this folder"

1. I am logged in as an administrator
2. I successfully activated the net user administrator. That administrator gets the same message and cannot delete the folder.

What administrator account can delete the folder. How to I activate this administrator account?
 

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Sounds to me like an ownership issue.

You may be able to resolve this using icacls in an elevated command prompt:
  1. Type cmd in your search bar
  2. From search results locate and right-click on Command Prompt then select Run as administrator
  3. When prompted by the User Account control, click Yes
  4. In the command prompt console type the following commands:

    Note: Be sure to include the speech marks and enter the exact path and folder name for the directory you intend to delete!

    The following commands assume D:\Pictures is the correct path and directory you wish to remove.

    Type or copy & paste the following at the command prompt:

    Code:
    takeown /F "D:\Pictures" /A /R /D Y

    Press Enter key to execute

    Type or copy & paste the following at the command prompt:

    Code:
    icacls "D:\Pictures" /T /grant administrators:F

    Press Enter key to execute

    Type or copy & paste the following to command prompt:

    Code:
    rmdir /s /q "D:\Pictures"

    Press Enter key to execute

All going well the folder will now be removed. You can type exit and press enter key to close the command prompt.

Regards,

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Thank you for your response. I was not familiar with those commands. Unfortunately they did not work. Below is a copy of my effort:
I was logged in as an administrator and I did use the "Command prompt (Admin) window for the entries.
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>takeown /F "D:\Pictures" /A /R /D Y
ERROR: Access is denied.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>icacls "D:\Pictures" /T /grant administrators:F
D:\Pictures: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 0 files; Failed processing 1 files

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rmdir /s /q "D:\Pictures"
Access is denied.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

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I switched users to another user with administrative privileges and ran your "takeown /F "D:\Pictures" /A /R /D Y "
command. As another user it allowed the action. I went back to my original user and simply deleted the Pictures folder.

Thank you. The problem is Solved
 

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Glad it worked out for you.

Sorry, I forgot to mention you may need to us an alternate account. You worked that out for yourself though, so all ended well.
 
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Try these. They make a small adjustment to your registry, which opens the folder/file security for Admin access.
Obviously, the first one is what you need. After completion, you can run the second, as a security precaution, to reverse the procedure.

Just agree to the two questions when you use the fix.
 

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Sorry. Should have added. After applying the fix, you can right click any folder/File and it will, under most circumstances, offer you the option
 

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