Problems taking folder ownership

[Jobos]

I'm trying to delete a folder from a shared area but running into problems with ownership permissions. The server is running 2012r2 and I've removed all but one folder but when I try to change ownership of this folder I get 'you do not have permissions to view or edit this object's permission settings'

 

I've tried Takeown running as admin, logging on as the local administrator, using PSExec to run as system and each time I get 'ERROR: Access is denied'

 

What can I do next?

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[dayzd]

I've had similar sound difficulties in the past, but with files rather than folders that I can't take ownership of. If I recall, renaming and moving still works, but I can't reset permissions.

With those files, I've copied them to an external USB drive or a non-domain file share then back again, and the permissions difficulties vanish.

 

Are you able to copy the folder to a different drive?

[Jobos]

Yes, moved the folder and the problem went away. Thanks for the tip!