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Old March 3rd, 2012, 01:52 PM
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Hello

I have Win 7 on a netbook and I am trying to remove a folder from Program Files on the C drive.

I get a message saying that I need 'administrators' to perform this action. Nobody has ever used the netbook apart from me and I don't remember setting up a password for 'administrator'. How do I get over this problem, please?

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Old March 4th, 2012, 03:04 AM
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Try taking Ownership of the folder and granting your Account Full Control. See here for more help.
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Old March 4th, 2012, 09:27 PM
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Many thanks for that, Ann-Marie.

I am working on it now.

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Old March 4th, 2012, 09:58 PM
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