How do I delete a write protected file?

[GoofyGoofT]

I would like to delete some files that say they are write protected but show they are not. I am the only user on my computer even though my computer shows 4 group or users. I have tried to change up the permissions so that I have the ability to have full control to the file but it won't let me do so because the file is write protected.

I am working on Windows 7

I found this advice online that should solve my problem but it has not: I tried to create a user that is called everyone but it says I do not have the permission to save those changes.

I have searched the web for the answer but everything I have tried has not worked yet.
Can anyone help?

If this is a weird question then how do I just make myself the all ruler over everything, that way I can do what I please. It is weird that I am the only user but I do not have administrator abilities/privileges. Is there a way to make myself the only user/administrator?

I even was going to just bite the dust and reformat the entire drive but it says "the disk is write protected"


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[kleinkinstein]

Unlocker 1.9.1 will do your dirty deed. And it'll be done dirt cheap.

 

[douglasb]

Try logging in as user "Administrator" with no password.

 

[GoofyGoofT]

Try logging in as user "Administrator" with no password.

I did not have a password before but I actually just added a password because I was thinking it might ask for me to type in the password so that I could delete it but that was no luck.

Thank you for the suggestion if you can think of anything else to try I am open to it.

 

[daveybrat]

Unlocker 1.9.1 will do your dirty deed. And it'll be done dirt cheap.

^^ What he said, Unlocker is the best for deleting anything.

 

[Bubbaleone]

I did not have a password before but I actually just added a password because I was thinking it might ask for me to type in the password so that I could delete it but that was no luck.

Thank you for the suggestion if you can think of anything else to try I am open to it.

I also agree that Unlocker is the best file deletion app there is, but depending on what actually caused the drive to become write protected may well prevent Unlocker from gaining access. If you are the one that installed Windows on your PC, and you created your user name and password during the final stage of installation, your user name automatically became a member of the Administrators group with full read/write permissions.

So I don't think it's a case of you not having appropriate permissions to access the drive, but you need to answer a couple of questions to know for sure, because there are several different reasons why an external drive can become write protected, and they each require a different solution.

Do the permissions problem you're having apply to both your Windows 7 volume and the external drive, or to just the external drive?

Is the write protected external HDD named "Tinny (L" the same drive that contains the folder named "tech-support"?

You are able to browse the directory structure of the external drive from Windows Explorer?

Can you explain why you have both an "L:\tech-support.jpg" and "Z:\tech-support.jpg"?


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[GoofyGoofT]

Unlocker 1.9.1 will do your dirty deed. And it'll be done dirt cheap.

I have it downloaded and ready to install. Have you ever used this program before?

 

[hamunaptra]

Did u try taking ownership of the file...

 

[lord_emperor]

Open a command prompt with administrative privileges and delete from there.

 

[kleinkinstein]

I have it downloaded and ready to install. Have you ever used this program before?

Is that a serious question? Good gawd man, where is your assertiveness? If you have the heebie jeebies, just roll the portable version.

 

[GoofyGoofT]

I also agree that Unlocker is the best file deletion app there is, but depending on what actually caused the drive to become write protected may well prevent Unlocker from gaining access. If you are the one that installed Windows on your PC, and you created your user name and password during the final stage of installation, your user name automatically became a member of the Administrators group with full read/write permissions.

So I don't think it's a case of you not having appropriate permissions to access the drive, but you need to answer a couple of questions to know for sure, because there are several different reasons why an external drive can become write protected, and they each require a different solution.

Do the permissions problem you're having apply to both your Windows 7 volume and the external drive, or to just the external drive?

Is the write protected external HDD named "Tinny (L: \" the same drive that contains the folder named "tech-support"?

You are able to browse the directory structure of the external drive from Windows Explorer?

Can you explain why you have both an "L: \tech-support.jpg" and "Z: \tech-support.jpg"?


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First of all I want to apologies for taking so long to give this a try but I just had a new born kid so I was extremely busy. Not giving birth part but the supporting part.

You asked what caused the drive to become write protected.

I just bought a new 1.5TB HDD and decided to move all the wanting to keep data from the drive that is now write protected to the new drive. So I highlighted and dragged the files and folders to the new drive that I had just bought. So of course dragging from drive to drive is copying. By doing that all the files and the drive became write protected and I could not delete any of the files or even format the older drive.

I did install windows onto my computer. I however did not put a password during the installation because I am the only user on the computer.

I can create and delete files on all of the other drives including the drive with windows 7 on it.
I am up at work right now so I will check if the permissions are the same on the main C drive or different.

Is the write protected external HDD named "Tinny (L: \" the same drive that contains the folder named "tech-support"? Yes but it is just a .jpg file.

You are able to browse the directory structure of the external drive from Windows Explorer? Yes
Can you explain why you have both an "L: \tech-support.jpg" and "Z: \tech-support.jpg"? It looks like I just re went into the wrong drive to grab that screen shot but I will go back and fix that.

 

[Bubbaleone]

First of all I want to apologies for taking so long to give this a try but I just had a new born kid so I was extremely busy. Not giving birth part but the supporting part.

You asked what caused the drive to become write protected.

I just bought a new 1.5TB HDD and decided to move all the wanting to keep data from the drive that is now write protected to the new drive. So I highlighted and dragged the files and folders to the new drive that I had just bought. So of course dragging from drive to drive is copying. By doing that all the files and the drive became write protected and I could not delete any of the files or even format the older drive.

I did install windows onto my computer. I however did not put a password during the installation because I am the only user on the computer.

I can create and delete files on all of the other drives including the drive with windows 7 on it.
I am up at work right now so I will check if the permissions are the same on the main C drive or different.

Is the write protected external HDD named "Tinny (L: \" the same drive that contains the folder named "tech-support"? Yes but it is just a .jpg file.

You are able to browse the directory structure of the external drive from Windows Explorer? Yes
Can you explain why you have both an "L: \tech-support.jpg" and "Z: \tech-support.jpg"? It looks like I just re went into the wrong drive to grab that screen shot but I will go back and fix that.

Are you saying that you copy/pasted all the folders/files from L:\ over to your C:\ drive, that although you can now view them in Explorer they are still write protected, and that your L:\ drive is also still write protected?

If that's the case; then you'll need to change the attributes on the folders/files that you copied from L:\ to C:\, as well as the L:\ drive itself. To begin you need to create a new folder on your C:\ drive, then move all the folders/files that you copied from L:\ into that new folder.

For example; create a new folder named C:\L_Copy, highlight all of the folders/files that you copied from L:\ and cut/paste (move) them into the new C:\L_Copy folder. Now open an elevated command prompt and type these commands:

cd C:\L_Copy (press Enter)

attrib -h -s -a -r C:\L_Copy\*.* /s (press Enter)

To apply this procedure to your L:\ drive you would again open an elevated command prompt and type these commands:

cd /d L:\ (press Enter)

attrib -h -s -a -r L:\*.* /s (press Enter)

This will recursively clear all of the hidden, system, archive, and read-only attributes. You should now have full write access.