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I'm trying to delete a file on my ADMIN account with ADMIN rights the ONLY account on my goddamn PC and its telling me when i try to delete this folder to get permissions from THE ACCOUNT THAT IM ON
 
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To delete the folder, you might need to take ownership of that folder to grant full permissions to your current account.
 
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There is a hidden Administrator account.
So although you think you are the Administrator you are not if you see what i mean
If you are still having trouble i will post a way of activating the hidden one.;)
 
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My advanced user accounts (the one you see running netplwiz) shows a username HomeGroupUser$ and a group HomeUsers. I think that's the hidden account isn't it?
 
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Enable Built-in Administrator Account in Windows
First you’ll need to open a command prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator” (or use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut from the search box).

Note that this works the same in all versions of Windows. Just search for cmd and then right-click on the command prompt icon in the Start menu or Start screen.

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If you are in Windows 8.x or 10 you can right-click on the Start button and choose to open a command prompt that way.

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Now type the following command:

net user administrator /active:yes

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You should see a message that the command completed successfully. Log out, and you’ll now see the Administrator account as a choice. (Note that this screenshot is from Vista, but this works on Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 10)

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You’ll note that there’s no password for this account, so if you want to leave it enabled you should change the password.

Disable Built-in Administrator Account

Make sure you are logged on as your regular user account, and then open an administrator mode command prompt as above. Type the following command:

net user administrator /active:no

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The administrator account will now be disabled, and shouldn’t show up on the login screen any more.
 

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