Yesterday I had a file on my desktop that was an ISO that I used to install SQL Server 2008 to my machine with, I was pleased to see that Windows 8 can just open iso’s now and allow you to install out of them, very nice. But when it came time to delete this 3GB file I had on my desktop, no dice. I tried giving myself full access to the file using the administrator account, wouldn’t allow it, I tried going the command route (Admistrator Mode), nothing, I finally had to reboot win 8 in “Safe Mode” and that allowed me to delete this file, so if you come across a file that won’t delete, I have outlined the steps below to do this:
1. First reboot your system to safe mode, you can do this by either holding down shift and pressing F8 on boot or you can do a Windows+R and typing in msconfig, then go to the boot screen and check “Safe Boot” like so:
Once you click on apply it will ask you to restart and when it comes up you should be able to delete this file. I hope that Microsoft comes out with a service pack or an update to fix this issue as its very annoying. I hope this helps someone.
