Remove some dangerous advice from the FAQ
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@ -610,16 +610,20 @@ folders that are causing the error. For example, sometimes files used by
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system services end up owned by the SYSTEM account and not writable by regular
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system services end up owned by the SYSTEM account and not writable by regular
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users.</para>
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users.</para>
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<para>The quickest way to delete the entire tree if you run into this problem
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<para>The quickest way to delete the entire tree if you run into this problem
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is to change the ownership of all files and folders to your account. To do
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is to take ownership of all files and folders to your account. To do
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this in Windows Explorer, right click on the root Cygwin folder, choose
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this in Windows Explorer, right click on the root Cygwin folder, choose
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Properties, then the Security tab. If you are using Simple File Sharing, you
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Properties, then the Security tab. If you are using Simple File Sharing, you
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will need to boot into Safe Mode to access the Security tab. Select Advanced,
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will need to boot into Safe Mode to access the Security tab. Select Advanced,
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then go to the Owner tab and make sure your account is listed as the owner.
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then go to the Owner tab and make sure your account is listed as the owner.
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Select the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' checkbox and press Ok.
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Select the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' checkbox and press Ok.
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After Explorer applies the changes you should be able to delete the entire tree
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After Explorer applies the changes you should be able to delete the entire tree
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in one operation. Note that you can also achieve this in Cygwin by typing
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in one operation. Note that you can also achieve by using other tools such as
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<literal>chown -R user /</literal> or by using other tools such as
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<literal>icacls.exe</literal> or directly from Cygwin by using
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<literal>icacls.exe</literal>.
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<literal>chown</literal>. Please note that you shouldn't use the
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recursive form of chown on directories that have other file systems
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mounted under them (specifically you must avoid
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<literal>/proc</literal>) since you'd change ownership of the files under those
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mount points as well.
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</para>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Delete the Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu, and
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<listitem><para>Delete the Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu, and
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