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I reinstalled Windows and my old OS drive is now the G drive, unused. I want to free up space, so I tried deleting G:\Windows\winsxs and it gave me a permission error. How can I delete this? I am an admin and I'm running explorer in admin mode.

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Zeno
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    Possible duplicate of [How would I use Takeown to take ownership of all folders on one drive?](http://superuser.com/questions/813878/how-would-i-use-takeown-to-take-ownership-of-all-folders-on-one-drive) – DavidPostill Nov 25 '16 at 00:53
  • It has been several days since we heard from you. Have you made any progress? – Run5k Nov 29 '16 at 02:50

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You could potentially play with the permissions by taking ownership and propagating down through the folder hierarchy, but that could be a lengthy process.

When faced with similar circumstances and I am absolutely certain it is something I want to delete, I typically boot the computer using one of the free Linux Live disc/USB distros so that it bypasses NTFS permissions. Something to consider.

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  • I already have permission which is strange. `MY-PC-NAME\Administrators` has full rights. – Zeno Nov 25 '16 at 00:56
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    Based on the error message, your new Administrator user, isn't in the ACL list nor is it the owner of the folder. – Ramhound Nov 25 '16 at 01:41