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There is no entry: "Tools > Folder Options > View > Use simple files sharing
[recommended]". I've tried: "Tools > Folder Options > View > Display simple
folder view in Explorer's Folders List". But right clicking the folder and
clicking Properties, there is no entry to click called: "Security".
Don J
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"Taimur Mughal [MSFT]" <taimur.mughal@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The file system on the computer is NTFS or FAT32, so please check the
> security setting of this folder:
>
> 1. Log on as Administrator.
> 2. Open Windows Explorer. Click Tools and Click Folder Options.
> 3. Click View. Clear the check box of Use simple files sharing
> [Recommended].
> 4. Click OK.
> 5. Right click the folder. Point to Properties and click it.
> 6. Click Security. Is Administrators under "Group or user names"?
> 7. If administrators group does not exist, click Add. Type Administrators
> in the blank and click Check Names.
> 8. If administrators group exists, select it and check the allow check box
> behind Full Control.
> 9. Click OK
> 10. Try to delete it.
>
> Taimur Mughal [MSFT]
>
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> "Don J" <dej4400@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:XLidnVWQlpZtiB3fRVn-tA@comcast.com...
>> I've got a folder on my start menu that I can't delete. When I try to
>> delete it I get a message that says: "Startup is a Windows system folder
>> and is required for Windows to run properly. It cannot be deleted." The
>> name of the folder is not 'Startup'. There is another folder with that
>> name. I do a search on the drive that contains Windows XP and can't find
>> anything with the same name. What's going on? How do I delete it?
>>
>> Don J
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