RE: How to delete old cygwin directories on W2K?

[Don V Black <groups at ComputerBums dot com>]

I can take ownership of the directories,
but no of the 'Shortcut's within the directories.
I get the message
"You only have permission to view the current security information on 
<filename>"

Note I can nly view, not change any security.  It seems that "S-1-5-21-1844 
... "
is the owner of the 'Shortcuts'.

- Don

At 03:54 PM 7/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> If you are logged on as administrator, can you take ownership of these 
> directories?
>
> After you own them, you should be able to remove them.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] 
> On Behalf Of Don V Black
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:11 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: How to delete old cygwin directories on W2K?
>
> Hi -
>
> I have a couple of backup CYGWIN directories on my hard drive
> that I cannot remove even when I logon as "Administrator".
>
> I had a disk crash and was forced to restore the W2K system
> onto a new harddrive.  I used the old drive (120GB) as a data
> disk. The old drive contains the old CYGWIN directories which
> I now cannot delete.
>
> Windows Explorer displays the properties of these directories.
> I cannot change the READ-ONLY status of the "Shorcuts" in
> these directories.
> The 'security' allows read and or execute only, no write, modify
> or delete.  The owner is "S-1-5-21-184423 ... "
>
> How do I delete these directories?
>
>   - Kind Regards,
>     Don
>
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