"You need permission to perform this action."

God, the day I bought Vista. I f*cking regret it. I AM AN ADMINISTRATOR on my OWN computer, and I have disabled (UAC), and when I attempt to delete folders on my computer, I get this god damn error message all the time. It simply REFUSES to allow me to delete my own files. Like I just recently installed a Toolbar, and I just tried to remove it and this error continues to pop up. I don't know what to do at this point. I have never been this frustrated with anything in my life. I can't delete my OWN files. What kind of BS is this? Please, somebody tell me this is some joke. How do I get this stupid OS to cooperate with me? I need these stupid messages to stop coming up. I don't need these stupid restrictions on my own computer, especially when it comes to deleting files I don't need.

 

Open an Administrator Command Prompt.

1. Start | type Cmd.exe | right-click on cmd.exe and selected Run as
Adminstrator
2. Navigate to directory using cd command
3. use rename command to rename folder (synatx is 'rename
<directoryname> <newdirectoryname>')
4. type exit to close cmd.exe
5. navigate to now-renamed folder and delete it.

 

Hi there xhayatox...

The following site webpage list's a step-by-step (with pics and all) method of possibly alleviating your frustration with the problem of these tediously annoying "You need permission to perform this action" warnings.

How to Take Ownership and Full Control Permissions of Files & Folders in Windows​

If this turns out to be too many steps for you; try the additional suggestion on that site (scroll down the sites webpage - to just after "Step 15") which reads as follows: "Users can now do whatever you like to the files or directories processed as above. If you feel that above process is a little too long, and prefer to use command line to perform above process, then open an elevated command prompt as administrator, and issues the following commands..."

I hope these steps listed there help you out

Good Luck! -- COMP

Side Note Incidentally, I totally agree with you re: Microsoft Vista being a far less than adequate OS. As was the case with Windows Millennium I believe the Vista OS was initially a 'rush job' when it first was originally presented. The operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft. Prior to its announcement around June of 2005, Windows Vista was known by its codename "Longhorn." The final Vista product was put out January 2007 it was released worldwide and was made available for purchase at that time. They received so many complaints about Vista that Microsoft decided to put out the Windows 7 earlier - and it was finally released to manufacturing in June 2009, and reached general retail availability worldwide on October 22, 2009 less than three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista – not nearly enough time between these two operating systems IMO. I actually upgraded one of my computers to Windows 7 from Vista and found Win 7 to be a far more stable as well as reliable OS (in comparison to MS Vista).

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It's not working guys. I just tried for the last hour and it's still not working. I have full control over the entire computer, but the error still persists. Nothing seems to be working. I don't know what to do anymore. I have changed the ownership 100+ times and I'm getting really annoyed. I have full control over everything! What do I do?