Hi I had some files I downloaded off the web which I'm unable to change the permissions on...the Current owner is set to "Unable to display current owner" and it doesn't let me set a new owner on them. Any idea what I can do to get around this? I tried subinacl and I get an access denied when I run the command against the files under 'elevated admin command prompt', i'm logged in as the machine admin as well...nothing seems to clear these files out so I can move them off the current hard drive... Pete

You might also try posix command How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716 Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows]

Did you try to take ownership of this file or folder? You can use TAKEOWN command. TAKEOWN /F filename /A Here is the complete syntax TAKEOWN [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] /F filename [/A] [/R [/D prompt]] Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX Blogs - http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ Articles - http://www.sivarajan.com/publications.html Twitter: @santhosh_sivara - http://twitter.com/santhosh_sivara This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I had this same problem with a folder on a Cluster volume. Even the TAKEOWN command wouldn't work. Then I decided to pass the disk ownership to a different cluster member and *poof* the subfolder I was trying to own (for the purpose of deleting) mysteriously disappeared. I was then able to delete the parent folder without problem. --jJeh