I'm trying to delete some files on one of my external drives and get the
message, "You need permissions from the computer administrator to make
changes to this file".

I've set myself up as an administrator, so how do I give myself
permissions to get rid of these files?

I went to the mirror and told me it's OK, but that didn't seem to work. :-)

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"Bob Hatch" <bob.hatch@ymail.com> wrote in message news:007808d1$0$12979$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> I'm trying to delete some files on one of my external drives and get the
> message, "You need permissions from the computer administrator to make
> changes to this file".
>
> I've set myself up as an administrator, so how do I give myself
> permissions to get rid of these files?
>
> I went to the mirror and told me it's OK, but that didn't seem to work. :-)
>
> --

You probably have to give yourself full control of the files.
Right-click > Properties > Security.
Click on your account in the top box and see if you
have full control as shown in the lower box.
If not, click on 'Edit...' , make sure you are highlighted
in the top box and select 'Full control'
OK your way out. You should be able to delete now.