From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Windows10 with MSYS2 shell: Can't erase directories from Emacs' git repo tree
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:25:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h7ck4rp5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86ee7p2f5d.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> (dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de)
> From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:27:42 +0100
>
> I created a git clone of the sources, added some worktrees, changed the
> contents of one file. And decided to start anew but now I can't delete
> all folders of the repo, Windows says I would need admin rights to
> remove the remaining folders! (The files in the tree are gone but not
> all folders.) When I'm looking at the properties of the remaining
> folders it says they are all write protected and nobody is allowed to
> remove the folders! It seems the only thing I can do it to rename these
> folders.
>
> Is this a known problem with Windows10?
No. But you didn't describe what you tried to do in enough detail to
understand what could be the problem in your case. Please add a more
detailed description, including which folders cause the problem.
Also, what is your Windows user? is it, per chance, Administrator?
What does Emacs say about the owner and the group of those problematic
folders?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-10 3:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-09 21:27 Windows10 with MSYS2 shell: Can't erase directories from Emacs' git repo tree H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-11-10 3:25 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-11 22:19 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-11-11 22:34 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-11-12 6:55 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2021-11-11 14:08 ` Phillip Lord
2021-11-12 6:50 ` Windows10 VM installation: " H. Dieter Wilhelm
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