Re: Deleting a Folder Containing Redirected User Folders when the User has been Deleted

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nsattbi.com)
Date: 05/06/03 

Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 22:39:41 GMT

          An administrator should be able to take ownership, change
permissions, and delete. Check your effective setting for user right - "take
ownership" on the computer you are having a problem doing such.
Administrators group should be the only group via default settings. ---
Steve

"Ben B" <google@dotinf.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7881e289.0305051422.4ae60ba0@posting.google.com...
> Hello there
>
> I've created a group policy to redirect user folders (Desktop,
> Profile, My Documents etc.) in Win 2003. I have logged on a three
> test users and re-configured. I have deleted these users from AD and
> then attempted to clear up my User directories.
>
> I get the message Access is Denied -- Make sure the disk is not full
> or write protected. I cannot sign in as the owning users because I
> have deleted them. I have attempted making the Administrator the
> owner of the folders, but this does not work.
>
> So my users have exclusive control over some folders, and I have
> deleted these users.
>
> Any suggestions for something that will force a delete, just to make
> my filesystem tidy?
>
> Regards
>
> Ben

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