windows configuration

Annoyance

Remove files and folders

If you are trying to remove files and folders and ran into a problem -- unable to delete. It usually comes down to these potential problems: files are being used by a process, executable are running, or access permissions. Here are some commands to resolve the problems...

• http://superuser.com/questions/914782/how-do-you-list-all-processes-on-the-command-line-in-windows
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-kill-rogue-processes-with-taskkill-in-microsoft-windows/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02C4VCc5eUg

Command

## Listing the task
> tasklist
> tasklist | findstr "firefox.exe"
## Powershell
> get-process

## Kill the task -- pid(/PID), name(/IM)
> taskkill /?

## Display a short name (DOS 8.3-format) and long name
## and delete the file/folder
> dir /x
> rmdir /q /s <shortname>

File Permission

When you migrate or copy files from the old hard drive, permissions of old accounts are still around. Here is how over take it.

• http://superuser.com/questions/60700/how-do-i-get-permissions-to-delete-files-on-windows-7
• https://web.archive.org/web/1/http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034333.html
• http://ss64.com/nt/cacls.html

Command

## Take ownership of the files. Start a Command Prompt (cmd) as an administrator
> takeown /f file
> takeown /f directory /r

## Give yourself full rights on the file:
> cacls file /G username:F
> cacls directory /T /G username:F

Reference

Host file

• Windows 7 == %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\