I downloaded some games and after playing them I can't delete them because the file says I don't have permission even though I have full access and admin powers, any ideas?
Can't delete files
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Make sure the program isn't running in the background. Open Task Manager and close the game's executable. If that doesn't work, restart your computer and try to delete again.
I have done that and it still won't let me, I ran a scan on my computer too see if there was any unwanted programs about but there is nothing
- Jun 21, 2017
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Try running a system integrity check
Open command prompt or PowerShell as administrator
Type sfc /scannow and press enter
Open command prompt or PowerShell as administrator
Type sfc /scannow and press enter
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GodMode for Win 10. Easily the most powerful tool I know of with Windows. You'll be able to see the inner workings and who has what perms and so on. So you'll know who has what permissions. Then you can even change it but that can get you in trouble so be careful. What I use it for is to check if things are set as they should be.
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I've had a win 10 update bust my admin permissions once. So I used godmode to verify it and it did switch my perms on me after the update. I went to check for a windows update and they'd issued a hotfix but sometimes you're not always that lucky.
Found some corrupted files and repaired them, it fixed the files I will remember this for the future and thank you
