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Folder Access Denied
I recently tried to change my Username from the default first five letters of my email address by following one of Shawn Brinks tutorials. After three or four failed attempts I gave up and am stuck with the default which is C:\ User\grtat. I will probably return to that in the near future.
Before making these attempts however, I copied some personal files and folders to an external hard drive as a precaution. I have now put these files back onto my PC, mainly into Dropbox but then found I was unable to delete one particular folder or its files. I transferred the folder to OneDrive where I managed to delete the files but not the now empty folder. Each time I try to delete a message says "Folder Access Denied. You need permission from Desktop-H50PYDC\grtat to make changes to this folder" Now, as my PC has the name shown and my Username is correct, I cannot, for the life of me, see why I need permission from my own PC and myself.
I have tried following other tutorials showing how to deal with such situations and get the necessary permissions but I always end up not being sure who the Principle etc should be and whatever I try I end up failing.
I would be grateful if someone could give me an idiots guide to securing the necessary permissions to delete this empty folder. I know it is little importance in the scheme of things if an empty folder is left on the PC but I am just irritated that I cannot succeed in what should be a straightforward procedure.