Delete File in System Volume Information – Windows Server 2008

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I checked lots of ways to delete a file inside the System Volume Information folder (not a system file, a file I've copied there accidentally) but none of them worked for me.

First I changed security and ownership of the file and get full control to administrator. then tried to disable System File Protection (which I couldn't find in Windows Server 2008).

Any Idea?

Best Answer

Found it! just use command prompt with administrator account:

takeown /f "C:\System Volume Information" /R /A

then 

cacls "C:\System Volume Information" /T /C /E /P Administrators:F

and now just delete it by a simple command

del "C:\System Volume Information\Sample File.txt"

that's it!

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