If you try to access an old Linux install you could run into the exact same problem. Both Linux and Windows nowadays use filesystems with permissions embedded into them, so if the user on the new install doesn’t match the old one you’ll have a problem.
Probably due to some sort of idiot-proof protection to prevent people from deleting their windows folder from explorer. Try running a CMD shell as administrator and delete it from the command line instead.
This breaks the system, depending on your current directory when running it. I had an intern do this to a server while in /. We were able to recover through some tomfoolery, but only because he was still logged in. No one else could get into the system after he destroyed the permissions.
Back up the folders and format the disk. If you’re deleting system files and folders, you’re clearly not running the OS from this other disk. Why waste the space on unneeded system files?
Laughs in Linux because if I really want to mess things up it wont stop me unless I am not root. Administrator on Winshit means nothing at all, no control over your system.
You do realize that in this very post they explain that if you mount an old linux drive with another user, you can’t delete stuff either until you remove the flags or change the owner of the old drives’ files?
You can do the same in windows, too.
They are not trying to access their own Windows folder, but that of an old drive.
Maybe you didnt see I responded to a comment that says that every OS has such dumb mechanisms as mentioned in the post which is def not true. I use Arch btw.
You mention Linux in your comments, but this same thing happens in Linux too! It’s the third time I’m writing this in this comment chain, I’m gonna assume you are a troll since you can’t be this dense. The top comment of this post explains why this also happens in Linux, I mentioned it first and then have you an example. If you can’t ocess that information it’s not my problem.
Have a nice day.
What’s wrong with this? Every OS has permissions that stop users from messing with system files.
this is not the system folder, different drive, old windows install and no not every os has this. luckly…
If you try to access an old Linux install you could run into the exact same problem. Both Linux and Windows nowadays use filesystems with permissions embedded into them, so if the user on the new install doesn’t match the old one you’ll have a problem.
but i just tried i can delete system folders from a different linux drive with no problems
Certainly not without using sudo right? It’s the same in the windows land, the UAC dialog is windows’ equivalent of sudo.
correct, but why wasnt i given a UAC prompt here? it just says Try again and Cancel
Probably due to some sort of idiot-proof protection to prevent people from deleting their windows folder from explorer. Try running a CMD shell as administrator and delete it from the command line instead.
chmod -R 777 ./, baby!!!
This breaks the system, depending on your current directory when running it. I had an intern do this to a server while in /. We were able to recover through some tomfoolery, but only because he was still logged in. No one else could get into the system after he destroyed the permissions.
What happened to the intern👀?
Was taken out back and never seen again. The remaining employees were told they lived out the rest of their life at a farm upstate.
Believe it or not, straight to jail
Well then change the owner and toss the old folders. Or just format it?
i just deleted what i needed with another os, i didnt want to format it i needed some space and wanted to keep some folders
Why wouldn’t you just format the drive if it had an old windows install?
wanted to keep some folders
Back up the folders and format the disk. If you’re deleting system files and folders, you’re clearly not running the OS from this other disk. Why waste the space on unneeded system files?
This seems to be an external drive, not the boot drive.
laughs in Linux…
laughs because it has the same level of protection as other OSs and thus is quite secure in that regard, right?
Laughs in Linux because if I really want to mess things up it wont stop me unless I am not root. Administrator on Winshit means nothing at all, no control over your system.
You do realize that in this very post they explain that if you mount an old linux drive with another user, you can’t delete stuff either until you remove the flags or change the owner of the old drives’ files?
You can do the same in windows, too.
They are not trying to access their own Windows folder, but that of an old drive.
Maybe you didnt see I responded to a comment that says that every OS has such dumb mechanisms as mentioned in the post which is def not true. I use Arch btw.
You mention Linux in your comments, but this same thing happens in Linux too! It’s the third time I’m writing this in this comment chain, I’m gonna assume you are a troll since you can’t be this dense. The top comment of this post explains why this also happens in Linux, I mentioned it first and then have you an example. If you can’t ocess that information it’s not my problem. Have a nice day.