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Deleting a folder
Someone sent me some files in a folder. I now want to delete them but I am told that I will need to provide "administrator permission" to do so. I don't know my Windows password and have never used this. I tried to delete it
from the Command prompt with administrator privileges. Access was denied. The folder is EAR TRAINING FILES.
Thanks for your wisdom. It worked. The folder and files are now gone. TTL.
I have no idea what a Team Administrator is. I pulled these files from a friend who put them on Dropbox. He deleted from his end. Now they are stuck in my Dropbox folder. I am the sole "administrator" of my computer without passwords. I have never had any issue like this before.
What will deleting Dropbox from my computer do to this folder?
I received a folder with some files that were designated Team files and folder. I did not create this. I am the sole administrator of my computer. When trying to delete this file or its contents I am told I will "need to provide administrative permission" to do so.
The only password I have is that to Dropbox.
What is the trail link to getting permission to delete a Team folder and its files? If I Uninstall Dropbox, will this free the Team folder from its administrative entanglement and allow me to simply delete it?
I do not have a password to my Windows computer and have never "protected" any files on it, knowingly anyway.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey mdhakr - did you install the Dropbox desktop app with admin privileges in the first place?
Also, are you able to delete this folder after quitting or uninstalling the Dropbox desktop app from your computer
I had no knowledge of TEAM anything until this incident and have never used or been told to use ADMINISTRATIVE-related anything until this incident.
If uninstalling Dropbox will allow deletion, I will do it.
Are these files controlled by Dropbox or by Windows?
Also, if I delete Dropbox, I'm afraid I will lose my extra storage (although with this incident, I am now afraid to use Dropbox).
The following is a screen shot of what the Ear Training Files folder looks like; it is different.
