Win7 TrustedInstaller Permissions

DiabloDj1 · November 7th, 2009, 01:03 PM

I got Windows 7 Pro (yes I know, third topic for help in the last day, but eh, I'm sick and you guys are helpful!)

I have a backup from two failed installations saved as Windows.old.000 and 001
I try to delete them, and there's certain files it will not let me get rid of because they are under special privileges of the TrustedInstaller.
How can I override this? I tried a few things, I can give Full control of the folders/files to my admin account, but I can't give special privilages, and I don't know how to get them away from TrustedInstaller.

Any help? This is holding 4.2gb's of wasted space on my computer from me..

batmeat · November 7th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Have you tried Safe Mode as the administrator to delete them?

DiabloDj1 · November 7th, 2009, 05:21 PM

Yep, tried it. Tried changing permissions in CMD to work for me but it doesnt give me special privilages, which I think is the problem?...

EDIT: Hm...Now I'm just weirded out... I changed permissions/ownership, and now when I try to delete it, it's telling me I need permission from...the account I'm using at that time to delete it.. I tried it on my admin level account and the real admin account... Ideas?