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    Can't Delete Files or Folders

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      Everett1954
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      I am running MacOS 10.12.4 and using latest version of Cyberduck as my SFTP client. Retropie version is 4.2 on raspberry Pi 3.
      When I try to remove any file or folder i get a Denied error. If I look at the bottom of my open screen I see a closed lock symbol. I cannot unlock it by clicking on or if I try to set permissions to 777 it denies it also.
      What am I doing wrong? I was able to remove items in past before 4.2.

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        DarkWolf @Everett1954
        last edited by

        @Everett1954 Seems like some permissions changed. I wasn't able to delete files/folders over network too. Sometimes the partitions mounted as only read, which I assume is wrong. A restart/remount fixed it and for the delete part I used ssh/console to remove them with root

        System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
        Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
        Theme: Updated NBBA

        Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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          Everett1954
          last edited by

          I have tried restarting/remounting and different SFTP clients but I still am not able to delete files and folders?

          It must have something to do with the 4.2 image?

          Is there anyone else that uses a Mac to SFTP into there 4.2 pie? Same results? workaround?

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            dizmodawg
            last edited by

            I have a Windows PC and same problem I can't delete files or folders and I'm using retropie 4.2. But on a older build not sure what version of retropie I can delete so it must be retropie 4.2!

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              DarkWolf
              last edited by

              I'm using a SFTP program on Windows (winSCP) too and it works fine for retropie 4.x
              Not sure why it isn't working for you

              System: Raspberry 3 Model B, RetroPie 4.2.1
              Storage: 16gb Micro SD, 64gb USB Drive
              Theme: Updated NBBA

              Documentation solves many problems: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

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                christina
                last edited by

                try DuplicateFilesDeleter program

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