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of the search results list when I searched for "you require permi ssion from SYSTEM"; hopefully this'll help everybody. Note: here, 'folder' as a subject refers to the folder that you want to delete. Step 1: Get access to the built-in administrator account, which you can do by fo llowing these steps: a. Go to Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools b. On the left panel, go to Local Users and Groups > Users; you shou ld now see a list of users on your computer c. Right-click the Administrator account which shows up in the list and go to Properties d. Uncheck 'Account is Disabled' and confirm by pressing OK Step 2: Log on to your newly-enabled administrator account Step 3: Now we begin setting-up the security settings that will allow you to del ete that folder that was (perhaps) once owned by SYSTEM: I'll make an assumption that you want to delete a folder and all its sub-folders along a. Right-click the folder b. Go to the Security tab on the top c. Click the Advanced button that's at the bottom Step 4: The first part of setting-up the security settings is to set the owner o f the folder: a. Go to the Owner tab on the top b. Click the Edit button that's at the bottom c. There should be a list of accounts to pick from to change ownersh ip to, this is located under the label 'Change owner to:' d. The entry 'Administrator (YOURCOMPUTERNAME\Administrator)' should be there; if not then we have to add it into the list: - Click the 'Other users or groups...' button that's at the bott om - Under the label 'Enter the object name to select (examples):', there should be a text field that you can type in; type in 'Administrator' (wit hout the quotes of course) - Click the 'Check Names' button that's on the right; 'Administr ator (YOURCOMPUTERNAME\Administrator)' should now be there _by itself_; well if not, then you have to delete the line which does not represent the administrator account you're in right now - Confirm by pressing OK; it'll now appear on the list of accoun ts you can select from e. Now select 'Administrator (YOURCOMPUTERNAME\Administrator)' from that list f. Check 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' to propagate o ur change g. Press OK to confirm; a message should now pop-up, indicating that you have to re-open Properties. Do so by pressing on all the OK buttons you see Step 5: Now that we've set the owner of the folder, we're still not done. There' s one key step left which is to remove inheritable permissions: a. Repeat step 3 to get to re-open Properties and get to 'Advanced S ecurity Settings' b. Go to the Permissions tab on the top c. Click the 'Change Permissions' button that's at the bottom d. At the bottom, there should be 2 checkboxes: - 'Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent': U n-check this; when you do so, you'll get a warning about parent settings not bei

ng able to propagate. Select 'Add' - 'Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permiss ions from this object': Check-this e. Confirm by pressing OK. Windows will warn you again this time; hi t OK f. Confirm again by pressing OK; now you should arrive at Properties again Now you should not have any warnings about SYSTEM not giving you permission whil e trying to perform actions on that folder. All the checkboxes for changing permissions on accounts (Properties > Security > Edit) should now be enabled, and you can tinker around with it.