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Ok, i did that and it helped some. The only thing you didn't mention was that I had to also check the inherit button before taking ownership, then change to full control, then remove the read only. Otherwise, it still wouldn't delete most of the files. Merci beaucoup pour ton aide.

How do I change the permissions? I hope you don't mean "go to properties and uncheck the Read Only box" because I've done that already (as mentionned in the OP).

I've installed XP on my C: partition 6 months ago. Recently, I installed Vista Beta 2 on my D: partition. Today, I have used fixboot / fixmbr to remove Vista from the bootloader. I'm back to using winXP on my C: partition and would like to remove the useless vista folders clogging my D:\ partition (WITHOUT FORMATTING IT! I have 200 Gb of data on there so backup/format is not practical). The folders that I can't delete are named: Windows Program Files Users ProgramData When I try to delete them, i get Access Denied. When I right click properties and try to remove the Read Only, I get another access denied. Using attrib -r -s d:\windows does not appear to help either. What the heck? Why can't I delete folders on my HD? This is horribly frustrating. Help!

I've installed XP on my C: partition 6 months ago. Recently, I installed Vista Beta 2 on my D: partition. Today, I have used fixboot / fixmbr to remove Vista from the bootloader. I'm back to using winXP on my C: partition and would like to remove the useless vista folders clogging my D:\ partition (WITHOUT FORMATTING IT! I have 200 Gb of data on there so backup/format is not practical). The folders that I can't delete are named: Windows Program Files Users ProgramData When I try to delete them, i get Access Denied. When I right click properties and try to remove the Read Only, I get another access denied. Using attrib -r -s d:\windows does not appear to help either. What the heck? Why can't I delete folder on my HD? This is horribly frustrating. Help!