Wont let me move games back to ssd

[Dev8848]

i moved shadow warrior and some other games to an external mechanical harddrive, as i didnt have enough space on my ssd on my computer. I used to inbuilt steam feature to do this, but now when i try to move the game back to the SSD it says 'game install folder already exists in selected Steam library'. In the steam apps- common theres a folder with the names of the games, but nothing inside.

[Washell]

Did you try deleting those empty folders?

[Dev8848]

Originally posted by Washell:

Did you try deleting those empty folders?

it says i need permission from (laptopname)/(my name) to make changes to this folder. and the only to options are try again or cancel

[Bunster]

Sounds like you need admin permission to manage files in that directory. Would that be possible for you?

[Dev8848]

Originally posted by BunsteR:

Sounds like you need admin permission to manage files in that directory. Would that be possible for you?

i provide administartive access and the it comes up sayin that i need persmission from (laptop name)/(my name) to make changes to this folder

[Blaagh]

can u rename the folder?

[Dev8848]

Originally posted by I SEE *DEAD* PPL:

can u rename the folder?

no i cant, it says its open in another application

[ReBoot]

Start your system in safe mode and do it then.