User account w/admin privileges cannot delete directory!

Even if use an admin-level command window, I'm told I do not have
permission.

How do I get around this?

On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:10:14 -0400, Alek wrote:

Even if use an admin-level command window, I'm told I do not have
permission.

How do I get around this?


1) Right-click Properties.
2) Select the "Security" tab.
3) Click the "Advanced" button.
4) On the "Advanced Security Settings" window,
you may need to change the directory's owner and/or
add or remove permissions on the "Permissions" tab,
before you can delete the directory.


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Paul wrote on 8/10/2017 10:00 AM:
Alek wrote:
Even if use an admin-level command window, I'm told I do not have
permission.

How do I get around this?

Another method, is "by the power of Castle GreySkull" method.
You would execute a command like this from an Administrator
Command Prompt, since the Administrator has "impersonate" capability.
A mere "Guest" cannot do this.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...wnloads/psexec

psexec -s -i cmd

That opens a Command Prompt running as SYSTEM account. Now we can

whoami --- verify it worked first...

cd /d C:\Program Files\PeskyMess

del stuff --- be careful, Obiwan

whoami says

nt authority\system

Did cd /d c:\program files (x86)\comodo dragon

And then del dragon.exe

Access is denied

???

On 10/08/2017 07:10, Alek wrote:
Even if use an admin-level command window, I'm told I do not have
permission.

How do I get around this?
Is it some systems folder? Can you tell us what is the folder called or
can you post a picture of what you are seeing on the screen.

You can't go around deleting systems folders because without them you
won't be able to run Windows and if you still delete them using Linux
Live CD then I can guarantee that you'll be back here like Micky, Stan
Brown, Yousuf Khan, SteveGG and other idiots like them. You have not
joined their club yet but you are very close to be eligible to joining
their elite club of stupid nutters who knows nothing!!!!!!.

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Wolf K wrote on 8/10/2017 9:13 PM:

Search for "hidden administrator on windows 10":

http://www.intowindows.com/enable-th...in-windows-10/

And many other hits.

OK. Created the administrator account and switched to it.

Opened an admin-level command window.

cd'd to "comodo dragon"

Typed rem dragon.exe and got

Access denied.

????

On 11-Aug-2017 01:51, Alek wrote:
Wolf K wrote on 8/10/2017 9:13 PM:

Search for "hidden administrator on windows 10":

http://www.intowindows.com/enable-th...in-windows-10/

And many other hits.

OK. Created the administrator account and switched to it.

Opened an admin-level command window.

cd'd to "comodo dragon"

Typed rem dragon.exe and got

Access denied.

????


Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html

Elvira wrote:
On 11-Aug-2017 01:51, Alek wrote:
Wolf K wrote on 8/10/2017 9:13 PM:

Search for "hidden administrator on windows 10":

http://www.intowindows.com/enable-th...in-windows-10/


And many other hits.

OK. Created the administrator account and switched to it.

Opened an admin-level command window.

cd'd to "comodo dragon"

Typed rem dragon.exe and got

Access denied.

????


Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html

Sometimes, a thing cannot be deleted, because it's
still running. This is one reason that the uninstallers
on AV products, are so useless, and why they need a "cleaner"
utility later, to make a second attempt at cleanup.

Unless Comodo has meddled with the Chrome installer,
not only is there a menu entry, there is also a
command line way of removing the product.

To remove Chrome, the trick is to find the setup.exe
that belongs to the program. It is right next to
the "chrome.7z" file, which is around 150MB, and
contains everything needed for an install (or uninstall)
operation.

By Googling around, I was able to find these suggestions.

if a chromium installation: --- Comodo ???

setup.exe --uninstall

if a chrome installation:

setup.exe --uninstall --multi-install --chrome --system-level

A typical location might look like this.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\43.0.2357.130\Inst aller

chrmstp.exe 990,024 bytes
chrome.7z 154,964,788 bytes
setup.exe 990,024 bytes

A person could do a search on "ext:7z" and see if they could
spot the cache folder with the original installer in it.
Then try to uninstall. The second method is presumably assuming
the install was done for "all users".

Paul

Paul wrote:
Elvira wrote:
On 11-Aug-2017 01:51, Alek wrote:
Wolf K wrote on 8/10/2017 9:13 PM:

Search for "hidden administrator on windows 10":

http://www.intowindows.com/enable-th...in-windows-10/


And many other hits.

OK. Created the administrator account and switched to it.

Opened an admin-level command window.

cd'd to "comodo dragon"

Typed rem dragon.exe and got

Access denied.

????


Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html

Sometimes, a thing cannot be deleted, because it's
still running. This is one reason that the uninstallers
on AV products, are so useless, and why they need a "cleaner"
utility later, to make a second attempt at cleanup.

Unless Comodo has meddled with the Chrome installer, ---

Well, yes they did.

It doesn't use the chrome/chromium method, because
it's got "baggage". It's like that guy on the plane,
who fills all the overhead bins above your head, then slides
a bag under your seat too. He's got a Yahoo Toolbar, if you
want one.

C:\Program Files\Comodo\Dragon

uninstall.exe

Now, what could be easier than that ?

Start Administrator Command Prompt, then

C:\Program Files\Comodo\Dragon\uninstall

If you go to Programs and Features and do the uninstall
from there, it extracts a file (from somewhere), named
"Un_A.exe" and puts it in a folder in %temp%. And that
file has the same size as uninstall.exe.

I wasn't able to find the install cache.

When I did this:

C:\Program Files\Comodo\Dragon\uninstall

boom, done. The only folder left, was an empty
one in Appdata, where the presumed profile would
have been stored.

*******

And I'm pretty sure

psexec -s -i cmd

would have had sufficient permissions to remove dragon.exe .
In the Security tab, the ownership included SYSTEM account.
You would issue such a command from Administrator Command Prompt.
Commands issued from there, such as "del", would have the
SYSTEM account as their authority. The "whoami" command,
when issued in the newly launched window, proves you're
SYSTEM and not merely a munchkin.

Getting out the Big Hammer, doesn't always work, because
some permissions are "inherited" from the folder above,
and it's possible things like "DENY" (considered bad practice)
were added above the place in question. I've had cases before,
where no matter where I swing my hammer, it's Access Denied.
Which is why I *need* to go on that Windows Permissions course :-)

Paul

Elvira wrote on 8/11/2017 7:35 AM:

Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html


I guess I should have stated that this directory was left over after
using IOBIT Uninstaller (which runs the Dragon uninstaller first).

Alek wrote:
Elvira wrote on 8/11/2017 7:35 AM:
Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html


I guess I should have stated that this directory was left over after
using IOBIT Uninstaller (which runs the Dragon uninstaller first).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...wnloads/psexec

psexec -s -i cmd

That opens a Command Prompt running as SYSTEM account. Now we can

whoami --- verify it worked first...

Then you can (as SYSTEM) do this in that new Command Prompt.

cd /d C:\Program Files\PeskyMess

del this_or_that.exe

Or you can sit around for the rest of the afternoon,
playing with Properties and the Security tab for the
file or files.

HTH,
Paul

Paul wrote on 8/12/2017 4:54 PM:
Alek wrote:
Elvira wrote on 8/11/2017 7:35 AM:
Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html


I guess I should have stated that this directory was left over after
using IOBIT Uninstaller (which runs the Dragon uninstaller first).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...wnloads/psexec

psexec -s -i cmd

That opens a Command Prompt running as SYSTEM account. Now we can

whoami --- verify it worked first...

Then you can (as SYSTEM) do this in that new Command Prompt.

cd /d C:\Program Files\PeskyMess

del this_or_that.exe

Did that already (see earlier message). Still getting "Access denied"

Or you can sit around for the rest of the afternoon,
playing with Properties and the Security tab for the
file or files.

Those are areas that I'm not at all familiar with.

On 12/08/2017 23:57, Alek wrote:
Did that already (see earlier message). Still getting "Access denied"

In that case you need to pay somebody to do it for you. You are too
stupid to do it yourself.


Those are areas that I'm not at all familiar with.

Exactly. You need to pay somebody to look after your IT needs. You are
too old to learn anything new.

Are you taking some illicit substances to make you so thick?

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Alek wrote on 8/12/2017 6:57 PM:
Paul wrote on 8/12/2017 4:54 PM:
Alek wrote:
Elvira wrote on 8/11/2017 7:35 AM:
Well now!! Look what I found by Googling:
https://help.comodo.com/topic-120-1-279-2534-.html


I guess I should have stated that this directory was left over after
using IOBIT Uninstaller (which runs the Dragon uninstaller first).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...wnloads/psexec

psexec -s -i cmd

That opens a Command Prompt running as SYSTEM account. Now we can

whoami --- verify it worked first...

Then you can (as SYSTEM) do this in that new Command Prompt.

cd /d C:\Program Files\PeskyMess

del this_or_that.exe

Did that already (see earlier message). Still getting "Access denied"

Or you can sit around for the rest of the afternoon,
playing with Properties and the Security tab for the
file or files.

Those are areas that I'm not at all familiar with.


But I persisted!! :-)

Maybe it is still running? It won't let you delete something that is
still running.

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Richmond wrote on 8/13/2017 6:40 AM:
Maybe it is still running? It won't let you delete something that is
still running.

I ran IOBIT Uninstaller and that directory and executable were the only
things left, so I know it's not running.

I logged in as the honest-to-god-adminstrator (HTGA from now on) and
played with Permissions under Security (as someone suggested I do). I
found two entries for my normal login, eliminated one, made sure "I" had
all the permissions possible and then I was able to rm -d Commodo Dragon.

Thanks to all for the suggestions!! :-)