I need permission from myself to delete a folder? (Windows 10)

[Clocktower_Echos]

So after a failed foray into messing with mod folders and text stuff, I'm trying to delete a mod for a game. Said mod in question is Warsword Conquest for Mount and Blade Warband. I've looked up online, got the "take ownership" thing, did that with no fruitful results and I'm now just going through with FileAssasssin deleting every file by hand (still in progress).

Please, does ANYONE know of a solution to this bullsh**? If I redownloaded another copy of Warsword and used that, would my system some how allow me to proceed then? I've done all of the things I could find online and on the Steam forum and I'm really at my wit's end here.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

yea dont put Steam in Program Files

[Clocktower_Echos]

Originally posted by BMGaming:

yea dont put Steam in Program Files

Then what should I do?

[Shadow Slayer]

I found that this happens if steam has ever started for your current session, it will lock you out of the steam folder untill you restart.

Try turning off auto start steam, restart, then delete the files.

But yea, it's a program files problem. You either have to move everything, deal with it, or do some really complicated computer editing.

[Clocktower_Echos]

I tried the restart and turning off auto launch but it didn't work. I think I will just have to manually delete all of the stuff. Dammit.

Should I try to uninstall M&B and reinstall afterwards? Would that do anything good?

[Snapjak]

I would just move it all out of program files.

For example, I've had mine in C:\Games\Steam for the entire 13 years I've had the account and haven't run into any permission problems.

[Clocktower_Echos]

I don't have a Games location, just Program Files and the x86 one :\

[LØSCØV]

Try turning off auto start steam, restart, then delete the files.

But yea, it's a program files problem. You either have to move everything, deal with it, or do some really complicated computer editing.

[Snapjak]

Originally posted by Clocktower_Echos:

I don't have a Games location, just Program Files and the x86 one :\

You just make a new folder. That's all it is.

[Clocktower_Echos]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

Originally posted by Clocktower_Echos:

I don't have a Games location, just Program Files and the x86 one :\

You just make a new folder. That's all it is.

Ah, I see. But another issue I'm having is that its not letting me move files around (the game files anyways) so I'm not actually sure how well that will work. Thanks for the suggestion tho.

[s1mple]

:v

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Simple when it comes to Steam

Can make folder like this:
C:\Games\Steam < Copy your Steam.exe here and then Run it by right click > run as admin
Steam will now be installed here.
Once installed, exit Steam Client fully.
Go to old Steam location; copy over contents from folders
SteamApps
UserData

over into your new location; then run Steam.exe again from new location and double check all the Steam settings. Then check that your games work from new location.

Once done you can delete old Steam in Program Files.

Do not have Steam in OS Startup

[Xpliciit]

You can delete files through administrators cmd. I don't remember off the top of my head how though but it works a charm.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Xpliciit:

You can delete files through administrators cmd. I don't remember off the top of my head how though but it works a charm.

I've never had to do that, even in Win10. You just need to have Full Control on folders when it comes to folder security. This is why people misunderstand as to why they lack Admin rights; basically anything within Program Files, Program Data, or Windows folders; you never will have full admin rights, because OS does not want that.

So install things like Game Clients and Games, outside of such folder structures and you'll be fine. When you actually go to install says Steam, Origin, Uplay; by default they will want to go to Program Files, because that is what is dictated in the Windows Registry for where programs should go; just edit the location during an installer.

You can still run into similar issue when you copy over files (like Steam games) from other machines; cause those will have the rights applied to whatever user account was on that particular machine. So after copy to new machine, you might need to Unblock, Unlock or apply "Take Ownership" to such things on a different Windows User Account.

[Clocktower_Echos]

Originally posted by BMGaming:

Simple when it comes to Steam

Can make folder like this:
C:\Games\Steam < Copy your Steam.exe here and then Run it by right click > run as admin
Steam will now be installed here.
Once installed, exit Steam Client fully.
Go to old Steam location; copy over contents from folders
SteamApps
UserData

over into your new location; then run Steam.exe again from new location and double check all the Steam settings. Then check that your games work from new location.

Once done you can delete old Steam in Program Files.

Do not have Steam in OS Startup

Alright, I have done all of that and now have Steam in a new Games folder but I still can't delete the old stuff.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Take ownership of it