"You need to confirm this operation" message when trying to delete a file

Posted by Richard West on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Richard West
Published on 2010-09-20T16:53:40Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 1:55 UTC
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I'm trying to delete a few files that I created, and I have full permissions on, on a Windows 2008 system.

The files are within a folder that I created so they are not system files of any kind.

The message box that pops up when I try to delete the file is titled "Destination Folder Access Denied", and the message is "you need to confirm this operation", with a continue, skip or cancel button.

I disabled UAC and rebooted to see if this would make the message go away -- it did not. However, with UAC disabled I am able to click on continue and the files are deleted.

With UAC enabled I had to provide elevated credientials before the files would delete.

What causes this behaviour and how can I remove it?

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