"You need permission to perform this action" insanity

I just upgraded to Vista x64 from x86 XP and trying to do certain
things is driving me nuts. I have a couple of folders I want to
delete. They are not system related. In fact they are part of Adobe
Acrobat 8.

When I try to delete them I get "You need permission to perform this
action". Here's what I have tried so far:

UAC is off.

Right clicking the folder and giving full control on the security tab

Using the hidden administrator account (net user administrator
/active:yes in cmd run as administrator)



I have been through numerous Google searchesand found nothing useful.
Surely this can be fixed somehow but it apparently isn't easy.

HELP!!
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