XP -- Can't open or delete a couple folders

[Mullzy]

I believe Windows Update created a folder tree which now I can't remove. The drive letters on a new system I was building got assigned oddly and because of this my data drive ended up as C: and my system drive ended up as F:. My motherboard fried while patching critical updates and never finished, therefore leaving this temp directory on my data drive. (that's my theory anyway... the creation time of the folder matches).

I've recently moved this data drive into another system where it is now D: and is not related to *system* functions at all but I can't get rid of these folders. I can rename and remove objects at the top level of the tree, but there are 2 sub-folders which I can't see into and can't delete/rename.

The folder structure was something like this...

sadfljfseekffjkfaadeeafhheaee (top folder - the name was not this exactly but you get the idea)
----> Download (sub Folder)
----> Update (sub folder)
----> a bunch of dll's and exe's

The two subfolders are totally inaccessable to me (access denied). I can't see into them and I can't delete them. I was able to delete all the files in the root folder and even rename sadfljfseekffjkfaadeeafhheaee to "Temp" just for a cleaner look.

I've tried removing the files from the command prompt but it doesn't work. I haven't tried using a boot disk yet but will tonight.

Any suggestions?

cheers,
Mullzy

 

[Need4Speed]

open a command window...type 'rmdir /s <path to dir u want to delete>' in your case it wuould be:

rmdir /s c:\sadfljfseekffjkfaadeeafhheaee

 

[Mullzy]

I tried that... ACCESS DENIED.

I can't see in these folders and can't get rid of them. Annoying!

 

[phatrabt]

Have you tried logging as Administrator and checking the permissions of the folders? If that doesn't work boot to DOS and do it. you shouldn't have any problems from there.

 

[Psych]

That might be difficult in XP...

Just in case you don't know how, just post again.