cant delete .trash-999

[craig7]

linux made it when i tried to delete windows.old and yea.... its a big inconvenience since it takes up a third of my hard drive. i cant change the permissions to delete it... so anyone know how to do it?

 

[jinjuku]

Sorry, I'm not a linux guy.

 

[MDS]

linux made it when i tried to delete windows.old and yea.... its a big inconvenience since it takes up a third of my hard drive. i cant change the permissions to delete it... so anyone know how to do it?

Why can't you change the permissions? Root can do absolutely anything.

'sudo -i' or 'sudo bash' (if using bash shell) and you're root.

 

[10010011]

have you tried from a terminal

sudo chmod 777 .trash-999

and/or

sudo chown newowner .trash-999

Then try to delete it.

One of those two always seem to work for me when there is a file I can not access or whatever...

Maybe empty the trash?