You want to delete a file which is no longer useable. You are the computer administrator but still getting below error message, “File Access Denied”, “You require permission from the computer’s administrator to make changes to this file”.
Right click on the file and go to Security tab. Click on Advanced.
Click on Change (within the Owner: Unable to display current owner). Now, enter your username at the “Enter the object name to select”. Click OK.
Click OK (2 times) and close the file properties window.
Now, open the file properties again. Right click, select Properties. From the Security tab, you will now see a user permission maintained there. Click on Edit and remove the user.
After the user removal, click on Add to maintain your username here. Check the Allow boxes for the permission as below screenshot. Click OK.
You shall be able to delete the file now.
