[☼WaveCM☼]

I'm trying to make space to run a game, and when I try to remove certain programs, the button that says Change/Remove doesn't show up. It works with some, the others it doesn't. I can't remove Dreamweaver 8, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 Templates Tryout, Macromedia Flash 8, and many others.
Here's what I mean:

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This behaviour can occur under a Limited Account.
Log in under an account with Administrator privileges to remove software.

[Neil Jones]

This behaviour can occur under a Limited Account.
Log in under an account with Administrator privileges to remove software.

[☼WaveCM☼]

I'm on the owner account, and it's the only one on my computer.

[☼WaveCM☼]

Can anyone help?

[SRX660]

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?

All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

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How to take ownership of a file
Note You must be logged on to the computer with an account that has administrative credentials.

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then click OK.

The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.
5. Click Add.
6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type Administrator.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
9. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.

After taking ownership you will be able to uninstall the programs.

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