delete folder with "install shield" icon

How do I delete a folder with the icon of the windows install
shield?

I made the mistake of installing chrome again & cannot delete the
folder "application" that is prefixed with the install shield icon.
Tried the command line for the administrator doing rd google /s;
still didn't work. Tried the security properties which didn't work
either as was still "required admin" access..

A reason not to use chrome for anything as google will leave
traces to one's system. chrome doesn't have good web text
management for my eyesight as there is very little white space
between lines with the fonts of MY choice. The lack of enough
white space between the lines make text hard to read as it does
look like an ink blot. Firefox still does a better job of display.

Leaving crap not deleteble on the computer is a very good reason
not to install chrome.

lew wrote:
How do I delete a folder with the icon of the windows install
shield?

I made the mistake of installing chrome again & cannot delete the
folder "application" that is prefixed with the install shield icon.
Tried the command line for the administrator doing rd google /s;
still didn't work. Tried the security properties which didn't work
either as was still "required admin" access..

A reason not to use chrome for anything as google will leave
traces to one's system. chrome doesn't have good web text
management for my eyesight as there is very little white space
between lines with the fonts of MY choice. The lack of enough
white space between the lines make text hard to read as it does
look like an ink blot. Firefox still does a better job of display.

Leaving crap not deleteble on the computer is a very good reason
not to install chrome.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive...deletable.aspx

takeown /f %1 /r /d y
icacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t

Those are two lines from their sample script.
You can substitute %1 with "nasty_folder" and
change the permissions from TrustedInstaller ownership
to Administrator ownership.

It's also possible to add a "TakeOwn" entry to the right-click
context menu. Examine the posted registry files here, to see how
it does that.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

Paul

On 2014-12-25, Paul wrote:
lew wrote:
How do I delete a folder with the icon of the windows install
shield?

I made the mistake of installing chrome again & cannot delete the
folder "application" that is prefixed with the install shield icon.
Tried the command line for the administrator doing rd google /s;
still didn't work. Tried the security properties which didn't work
either as was still "required admin" access..

A reason not to use chrome for anything as google will leave
traces to one's system. chrome doesn't have good web text
management for my eyesight as there is very little white space
between lines with the fonts of MY choice. The lack of enough
white space between the lines make text hard to read as it does
look like an ink blot. Firefox still does a better job of display.

Leaving crap not deleteble on the computer is a very good reason
not to install chrome.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive...deletable.aspx

takeown /f %1 /r /d y
icacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t

Those are two lines from their sample script.
You can substitute %1 with "nasty_folder" and
change the permissions from TrustedInstaller ownership
to Administrator ownership.

It's also possible to add a "TakeOwn" entry to the right-click
context menu. Examine the posted registry files here, to see how
it does that.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

Paul

THANK YOU!

I've tried the old fashioned way via the properties security advance
Didn't work as it looks like win8.1 removed the tab for "ownership"
change; did see "audit" so maybe should have tried it.

Checked a couple of deletable folders/files & didn't see anything
about "ownership" changes. Quite unhappy about this as m$ has
opened a way for hackers to have undeleteble virus/trojans/programs
on any computer; especially if m$'s malware stuff cannot delete
the programs.

Have copied your response & documented it for future ref; also
will be including it on the contex menu since ownership is no longer
available from the security area.