So a couple of days ago I helped a friend install Win7 Ultimate on his new computer via a USB. I kept a copy of all the files on my computer in case something fried them on the USB while trying to install his OS (You never know!), but everything installed perfectly so I went to go delete the folder/file. Lo and behold it doesn't let me. I've tried changing permissions and ownership, but that does nothing, I'm not allowed to move it onto a USB, can't delete it through shift + del keys/rmidr or del command prompt, nor through programs that specialize in deleting stuff you can't normally get rid of.
I actually tend to get several different messages depending on what I'm trying to do to it. "You need to provide administrator permission", "you don't have permission", "access is denied", and the most peculiar being "This file is being shared" (followed by "you don't have permission").
Now, there is something unique involved that might help you fine folks zero in on the cause. The files on the USB were initially useless for installation because all the new machine it was being used on had were USB3.0 ports, and they're simply not recognized before the appropriate drivers are installed. So I had take those drivers and use the command prompt to put them into the USB so the windows installation process could read the installation files (It was that dreaded "missing file/driver" message at the beginning of a Win7 USB install). I don't know if using the command prompt to mount these drivers to fuse them into the USB made them undeletable or something, but I swear the computer is treating this folder/files as if it were it's own system installation or something.
Anyways, thanks in advance for the help!
I actually tend to get several different messages depending on what I'm trying to do to it. "You need to provide administrator permission", "you don't have permission", "access is denied", and the most peculiar being "This file is being shared" (followed by "you don't have permission").
Now, there is something unique involved that might help you fine folks zero in on the cause. The files on the USB were initially useless for installation because all the new machine it was being used on had were USB3.0 ports, and they're simply not recognized before the appropriate drivers are installed. So I had take those drivers and use the command prompt to put them into the USB so the windows installation process could read the installation files (It was that dreaded "missing file/driver" message at the beginning of a Win7 USB install). I don't know if using the command prompt to mount these drivers to fuse them into the USB made them undeletable or something, but I swear the computer is treating this folder/files as if it were it's own system installation or something.
Anyways, thanks in advance for the help!
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