Can't delete Apple folder in Common Files

I went to the Genius Bar today. They were not able to solve my problem but they did a full restart of my iPod and told me to reinstall iTunes on my home computer.
Before reinstalling iTunes, I followed Apple's instructions for deleting all Apple software on my computer (Windows 7). However, I have been unable to delete the Apple folder in the Common Files folder.
I searched for hours online for solutions to deleting this file. It looks like several people have had this problem and several suggestions have been made but nothing has worked for me.
Among the things I have tried are stopping and restarting explorer.exe. I also downloaded Byetunes but it looks like I can only delete one file at a time and there must be hundreds of files in this folder. This is madness.
I would deeply appreciate as complete a list as possible of ways to delete this file.
It should not be this hard to find out how to delete a file!
Thank you.

Followed the procedures as layed out in Apple Support online, but now I still can't delete the "Apple" folder in "Common Files" (during the 'verifying you've actually deleted iTunes' step...).
Do you have the iCloud control panel currently installed? If so, try uninstalling that. Can you do the deletion now?

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My computer would not recognize my iPhone. I tried the troubleshooting tips found online, uninstalling everything in order. When verifying all files had been removed, I could not delete the Apple folder in Common Files as it says the folder or a file in it is open in another program. When checking my programs I see iCloud remains (published by Apple). Need that be uninstalled as well? How important is it to delete the Apple folder which has an Internet Services folder in which are two other folders (filled with files), an application AppleOutloodDAVConfig64, and three application extensions? I can no longer remember if my phone had remained connected to the computer throughout all of the process or not,

Does it say something is in use in there?

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I am trying to delete the apple folder from common files. When I click on apple, internet services comes up. I tried to delet those but it says they are open in the internet. I don't know how to close them. Please help.

I just fixed this. I had to,delete iCloud from my PC. Make sure it is still on your ipad, etc.!!! There were programs open in iCloud preventing me from deleting all the apple files so that I could reinstall itunes. I did not find that out on any of the apple support postings. Apple should have told me to delete iCloud as they did the other components.

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How can I delete Apple ID from my old phone?

You cannot delete Apple ID. You can change the password so the Apple ID without the correct password will be useless for others.
If you still have the old iPhone:
Wipe iPhone/iPad/iPod touch clean
There are a few steps to do:
Switch off iMessage in Settings > Messages
Switch off FaceTime in Settings > FaceTime (iPod touch 4th Generation or later, iPhone 4 or later and iPad 2 or later)
Delete iCloud in Settings > iCloud > Delete Account
Finally Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
If device is registered: Un-register your device: https://supportprofile.apple.com
Now you can sell/give.
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You broke your phone by getting it wet. Nothing more to say. Bring it in to Apple for an out of warranty exchange or buy a new phone. There's really nothing else we users here can help you with.

I can't delete a more than 10 bookmarks at a time, I can't delete bookmarks folder

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If I try to delete more than 10 bookmarks at a time or a folder with bookmarks in it, FF hangs, then says there's a script that isn't running properly & do I want to continue or stop the script - I've tried continuing but it just hangs again, and I've tried stopping the script but it still hangs..
I've restarted FF, turned off Sync, turned on Sync.
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I understand how to delete both bookmarks and folders containing bookmarks according to the instructions, and have done so easily in the past.
But, since update to FF25 I haven't been able to delete a folder with bookmarks in it or more than 10-12 bookmarks at a time.
I resolved the issue by quitting FF, importing my bookmarks into Chrome, using Chrome's import as FF also was not exporting a complete bookmark list. I cleared out some duplicates in Chrome, exported bookmarks from Chrome to an html file, removed the places sqlite file from my profile, deleted all FF bookmarks, and imported the bookmarks html file into FF, which created a new & functional places sqlite file with the same set of bookmarks as at the beginning. I can only think the places file was corrupted somehow during the update as that was the only file I had to delete to fix the issue - I can now move & delete folders with hundreds of bookmarks in them and delete as many bookmarks as needed at one time.
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I have a new c: drive (its an SSD and I love it), but now I'd like to delete the Program Files on my second drive (which used to be my primary drive). I followed the instructions found in this forum below (I couldn't past a link here because apparently my
account is not verified).
1. Please navigate to the target file/folder.
2. Right-click on the file/folder and choose Properties.
3. Click the "Security" tab and see if your current user is listed in the "Group or user names" list. If not, please click Edit-> Add button, type the name of your current user in the "Enter the object names to select "
box, then click "OK" to add this group.
4. Select the user from the list and then check the "Allow" checkbox next to "Full Control".
5. Click the Advanced button and click the "Owner" tab. Then, press "Edit" button.
6. Select current user from the list and check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox.
7. Click "OK" to save changes and wait for Windows 7 to transfer the ownership of all the objects on the partition.
8. Click OK again to save changes and exit the Properties window.
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I select Continue, and then get
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I've tried running windows explorer as Administrator
I've checked my user account and it shows me as Administrator
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What else do I check? I've checked other posts and can't figure out what I'm missing.
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Aditionally check these
Learn How to Take or Assign Ownership of Files and Folders
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff404240.aspx
File and Folder Permissions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspx

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Hi there,
I'm using SharePoint Foundation 2010 and am having problem with one of the site collections.
It's a simple 'Team site'. The problem is that I can not delete the certain folder, which seems to be corrupted.
Symptoms:
if I try to delete it I receive error "Access Denied", even though I use farm admin account.
if I try to 'Manage permissions', I receive error "Can not complete this action".
if I try to 'Edit Properties' (rename library) I receive error "Access Denied".
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Looking in WebDav, the folder doesn't exist.
if I try to create a new folder with the same name within the same root library, I receive error that folder already exists.
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Exception calling "Delete" with "0" argument(s): "Cannot remove file "Mit". Error Code: 16389."
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Exception calling "Recycle" with "0" argument(s): "Cannot remove file "Mit". Error Code: 16389."
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I've tried to update it but received an error:
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I am facing the same
problem.
I tried to delete the folder with a powershell command and with a console application. The result is :
Exception calling "Delete" with "0" argument(s): "Cannot remove file "Folder". Error Code: 16389."
At line:1 char:77
+ [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity]::RunWithElevatedPrivileges({$folder.Delete<<<< ()})
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException
The last possibility it's maybe to remove lines on the database!
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Thanks in adavance.

Can't delete application folder?

To Whom It May Concern,
Last night, I installed a software just to try it out, but it was having problems running under 10.2.8, so I decided to uninstall it and load the beta instead. I loaded the beta version, but it was not performing well either. I decided to delete the folder, but I couldn't. It said, "This operation could not be completed because this item is owned by root." Please help! The computer I'm using is an iMace flat panel, superdrive, 512Mb, G4 800Mhz, 60 Gig drive. Also, I can't seem to verify, or repair permissions using Disk Utility.
Sincerely,
Arnold Pena

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Hello Arnold,
Of course we are speaking here of the software you just tried, not the whole "Applications" folder:
Force-deleting files or folders that refuse to let you do it as usual, can be done using such utility as TinkerTool System for example (go to section Files > Force Delete).
The best is to get rid of every hidden files it could have left on your hard drive in some cases. Use the Finder's Find (⌘F) feature to find them (search for visible AND invisible files) and drag them to the Trash, directly from the Search Results window.
If you use Tiger, Find (⌘F) won't find them all: you'll have to use EasyFind.
Delete only the files that really belong to your trial software: be careful as sometimes names are close, but may belong to your system...
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