permissions - Can not delete Outlook 2013 mailbox folder

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2014-07
  • osman

    When I try to delete mailbox folder in the Outlook, it gives this error:

    Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. Outlook is synchronizing local changes made to items in the folder. You cannot remove this folder until the synchronization with the server is complete.

    But if I check the folder permissions the user has full permissions and is the owner of that folder. Also there is no synchronization process. How can I solve this issue?

    • Answers
  • Buscar웃

    Disconnect the network, that will dead stop any ongoing sync.

  • osman

    After searching for a solution I have found this,

    Try logging on to outlook web access (OWA webmail) and deleting the folder from there.

    After deleting folder via OWA, when I looked outlook, the folder had been already gone.


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  • user120845

    I am trying to delete the folder in C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan\Current as a member of the computer’s Administrators group. This is a standalone computer, so no domain or anything.

    The original owners of the directory were:

    • Creator Owner (Special)
    • System (Full)
    • Administrators (Group) (Full)
    • Users (Read-only)
    • Trusted Installer (List & Special)

    MyUser is a member of the Administrators group, so I’ve tried to delete the directory, to which I receive a message saying that I need permissions to do so from the folders’ owner.

    Fine, I changed ownership to MyUser, trieid to delete the folder. Same results, now the message reads “You need permission from THISCOMPUTER\MyUser to make changes to this folder” (that’s my logged-in user!)

    I went to the security tab, removed permissions inheritance; now only MyUser has permissions on the folder, nothing is being inherited, MyUser is the owner of the folder, and I have propagated the changes down the hirerarchy. All the permissions, basic and advanced, are set for this user (as in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772196.aspx)

    Just for good measure, I’ve also checked the Effective Permissions, which confirm that MyUser (which, yes, is the user I’m logged in as) can do anything with the folder and its contents.

    Well, not really. It still can’t. I even tried restarting the system to make sure there was no open anything, even tried Unlocker, but stop short of asking it to remove the files at boot, as that is not a practical solution.

    Any ideas? I have several year’s experience with Windows both on the desktop and in server environments, but there are some options in Windows 7 that are breaking apart from all I knew about how Windows manages file system security.


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  • dotnetengineer

    You might consider trying to run the command prompt as Administrator (Right click on a shortcut for command prompt, and choose that option) and delete the folder from the command line.

    Switch to the parent directory, and do a del /S /Q "FolderName"

  • Bhargav Bhat

    You could try taking Ownership of the folder and then delete it. Be sure to click on the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects

  • kreemoweet

    Have you disabled all relevant McAfee programs first? Many antimalware programs will install a "self-protection module", which is a kernal-level file system filter driver which starts at boot and intercepts any attempt to modify the programs files. I suspect this because I've never seen any Windows permission dialog saying you need to get permission from an owner.

  • Pressacco

    First assign your user full permissions to the folder/directory in question. Now delete the folder/directory. If you are still receiving Access Denied errors then try the following:

    1. Open a command prompt using Run As Administrator
    2. Type: net user administrator
    3. Type: net user administrator /active:yes
    4. login using the administrator account
    5. on the target folder/directory right click properties
    6. security tab => edit => Add => Administrator
    7. select all options in the Allow column
    8. click ok
    9. delete the target folder/directory

    ADDITIONAL NOTES

    • This method will work in Windows 7.
    • When finished, don't forget to disable the Administrator account!

    FURTHER READING

    Enable / Disable the Local (Hidden, Built-In) Administrator Account