Unable to delete folder – “You need permission to perform…”
Tip to solve “You need permission to perform this action” problem on Windows 7.
Create a small batch (.bat) command on your system, as follows:
takeown /f %1 /r /d yicacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t
From an command prompt, you can run the command such as yourCommandCreated d:\unable_to_delete and this will reset ownership and ACLs on the unable_to_delete directory such that a command like rd /s d:\unable_to_delete should work.
