Access is denied when use del /f in windows 10 64bit

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I'm going to delete 1.mp3 but it gives me the error "Access is denied".

More info about file's perms:

attrib 1.mp3
A   C:\Users\Alipour\Desktop\1\1.mp3

I also used attrib -s -h 1.mp3

but still it can not be deleted by

del /f/s/q 1.mp3 > NUL

or

del /f/s/q 1.mp3

or

del /f 1.mp3
cmd file-permissions windows
4 Answers

Lean and mean batch-file only alternatives for PendingFileRenameOperations:
~ Scripts will add an entry to right-click -- "SendTo" menu
~ Accepting a single parameter, either File or Folder
~ Confirmation prompt ([Cancel] to Clear previous entries)
~ Basic idiot proofing (don't process %Windir% for example)

Rename_On_Boot.bat 

goto="Batch" /* Rename_On_Boot by AveYo v1
:RenOnBoot
set "input=%*" & call set "input=%%input:?=%%"                            &rem line below adds entry to right-click -- "SendTo" menu
if /i "_%~dp0"=="_%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\" (set .=) else copy /y "%~f0" "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\" >nul 2>nul
if "_%1"=="_" color 4f & echo   ERROR! No input provided & ping -n 6 localhost >nul & exit /b
for %%# in ("C:\" "C:\Boot" "C:\Recovery" "%WINDIR%" "%WINDIR%\system32" "%ProgramData%" "%ProgramFiles%" "%USERPROFILE%") do (
 if /i "_%input%"=="_%%~#" color 4f & echo   ERROR! %%# is not safe to delete & ping -n 6 localhost >nul & exit /b
)
color 0B & echo   Please wait, folders might take a while .. & call cscript /nologo /e:JScript "%~f0" RenOnBoot "%input%" & exit /b
:RenOnBoot_Run_As_Admin
color 4f & echo   Asking permission to run as Admin.. & call cscript /nologo /e:JScript "%~f0" RunAsAdmin "%~f1???" & exit /b
:"Batch"
@echo off & setlocal disabledelayedexpansion & mode 96,4 & echo. & title %~nx0 by AveYo & if not exist "%~f1" goto :RenOnBoot
reg query HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Environment /v temp 1>nul 2>nul && goto :RenOnBoot || goto :RenOnBoot_Run_As_Admin
:"JScript" */
function RenOnBoot(f){
  var HKLM=0x80000002, k='SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager', v='PendingFileRenameOperations';
  var reg=GetObject('winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//./root/default:StdRegProv'), ws=WSH.CreateObject('WScript.Shell');  
  var confirmation=ws.Popup(" Rename on next boot? [OK]\n Clear previous entries? [Cancel]\n\n "+f,0,'Rename_On_Boot by AveYo',33);
  if (confirmation == 2) { reg.DeleteValue(HKLM, k, v); WSH.quit(); } // Clear existing entries on Cancel press and quit script
  var mtd=reg.Methods_('GetMultiStringValue').InParameters.SpawnInstance_(); mtd.hDefKey=HKLM; mtd.sSubKeyName=k; mtd.sValueName=v;
  var query=reg.ExecMethod_('GetMultiStringValue', mtd), regvalue=(!query.ReturnValue) ? query.SValue.toArray():[,], entries=[];
  var fso=new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject'), fn=fso.GetAbsolutePathName(f);
  entries.push('\\??\\'+fn,'\\??\\'+fn+'.ren');
  reg.CreateKey(HKLM, k); reg.SetMultiStringValue(HKLM, k, v, entries.concat(regvalue));
}
if (WSH.Arguments.length>=2 && WSH.Arguments(0)=='RenOnBoot') RenOnBoot(WSH.Arguments(1));

function RunAsAdmin(self, arguments) { WSH.CreateObject('Shell.Application').ShellExecute(self, arguments, '', 'runas', 1) }
if (WSH.Arguments.length>=1 && WSH.Arguments(0)=='RunAsAdmin') RunAsAdmin(WSH.ScriptFullName, WSH.Arguments(1));
//

Delete_On_Boot.bat 

goto="Batch" /* Delete_On_Boot by AveYo v1
:DelOnBoot
set "input=%*" & call set "input=%%input:?=%%"                            &rem line below adds entry to right-click -- "SendTo" menu
if /i "_%~dp0"=="_%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\" (set .=) else copy /y "%~f0" "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\" >nul 2>nul
if "_%1"=="_" color 4f & echo   ERROR! No input provided & ping -n 6 localhost >nul & exit /b
for %%# in ("C:\" "C:\Boot" "C:\Recovery" "%WINDIR%" "%WINDIR%\system32" "%ProgramData%" "%ProgramFiles%" "%USERPROFILE%") do (
 if /i "_%input%"=="_%%~#" color 4f & echo   ERROR! %%# is not safe to delete & ping -n 6 localhost >nul & exit /b
)
color 0B & echo   Please wait, folders might take a while .. & call cscript /nologo /e:JScript "%~f0" DelOnBoot "%input%" & exit /b
:DelOnBoot_Run_As_Admin
color 4f & echo   Asking permission to run as Admin.. & call cscript /nologo /e:JScript "%~f0" RunAsAdmin "%~f1???" & exit /b
:"Batch"
@echo off & setlocal disabledelayedexpansion & mode 96,4 & echo. & title %~nx0 by AveYo & if not exist "%~f1" goto :DelOnBoot
reg query HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Environment /v temp 1>nul 2>nul && goto :DelOnBoot || goto :DelOnBoot_Run_As_Admin
:"JScript" */
function DelOnBoot(f){
  ListDir=function(src, _root,_list) {
    _root=_root || src, _list=_list || [];
    var root=fso.GetFolder(src), files=new Enumerator(root.Files), dirs=new Enumerator(root.SubFolders);
    while (!files.atEnd()) { _list.push(files.item()); files.moveNext(); }
    while (!dirs.atEnd()) { _list=ListDir(dirs.item().path, _root,_list); _list.push(dirs.item()); dirs.moveNext(); }
    return _list;
  };
  var HKLM=0x80000002, k='SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager', v='PendingFileRenameOperations';
  var reg=GetObject('winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//./root/default:StdRegProv'), ws=WSH.CreateObject('WScript.Shell');  
  var confirmation=ws.Popup(" Delete on next boot? [OK]\n Clear previous entries? [Cancel]\n\n "+f,0,'Delete_On_Boot by AveYo',33);
  if (confirmation == 2) { reg.DeleteValue(HKLM, k, v); WSH.quit(); } // Clear existing entries on Cancel press and quit script
  var mtd=reg.Methods_('GetMultiStringValue').InParameters.SpawnInstance_(); mtd.hDefKey=HKLM; mtd.sSubKeyName=k; mtd.sValueName=v;
  var query=reg.ExecMethod_('GetMultiStringValue', mtd), regvalue=(!query.ReturnValue) ? query.SValue.toArray():[,], entries=[];
  var fso=new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject'), fn=fso.GetAbsolutePathName(f);
  if (fso.FolderExists(fn)) { var list=ListDir(fn); for (var i in list) entries.push('\\??\\'+list[i],''); }
  entries.push('\\??\\'+fn,'');
  reg.CreateKey(HKLM, k); reg.SetMultiStringValue(HKLM, k, v, entries.concat(regvalue));
}
if (WSH.Arguments.length>=2 && WSH.Arguments(0)=='DelOnBoot') DelOnBoot(WSH.Arguments(1));

function RunAsAdmin(self, arguments) { WSH.CreateObject('Shell.Application').ShellExecute(self, arguments, '', 'runas', 1) }
if (WSH.Arguments.length>=1 && WSH.Arguments(0)=='RunAsAdmin') RunAsAdmin(WSH.ScriptFullName, WSH.Arguments(1));
//
user_80107300

You can find out which program is locking a certain file with “Process Explorer → Find → Find handles or DLLs.”

For example, if the locker is explorer.exe, the Windows explorer, you can delete the file after killing Windows explorer in Task manager.

user_45100330

When del /f <FILE> producing an Access Denied error, you need to firstly take owner and grant access using takeown and icacls command line utilities, Please see an example: Delete a specific file on Windows.

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