How do i overcome a permissions error

Question

Hello i am trying to delete a directory which is like a temporary file storage. however it does not work and keeps throwing the same erros

     directory = ("C:\\Users\\Bradley\\Desktop\\Log in system\\TempFiles")
     os.remove(directory)

here is the error:

     PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 
     'C:\\Users\\Bradley\\Desktop\\Log in system\\TempFiles'

Answer 1

1. Check your permissions

2. os.remove requires a file path, and raises OSError if path is a directory. If path is a directory, OSError is raised; see rmdir() below to remove a directory.

   Try this:

   os.rmdir("C:\\Users\\Bradley\\Desktop\\Log in system\\TempFiles")
   

3. In other way you can use this trick ;) :

   import subprocess
   subprocess.call(['runas', '/user:Administrator', 'Your command'])
   

And, according to this post, you can run your program as an administrator by right click and run as administrator.