i cant delete a folder on my external hardrive created by my windows

Question

Remove-Item : Cannot remove item D:\WindowsApps\MutableBackup: Access to the path is denied.
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+ Remove-Item –path "D:\WindowsApps" -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (MutableBackup:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemArgumentError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
Remove-Item : Cannot remove item D:\WindowsApps\Deleted: Access to the path is denied.
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+ Remove-Item –path "D:\WindowsApps" -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Deleted:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemArgumentError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
Remove-Item : Cannot remove item D:\WindowsApps: Access to the path is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Item –path "D:\WindowsApps" -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (D:\WindowsApps:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemArgumentError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

Answer 1

Does your account have permission to remove the directory?

Try running the script using "Run as administrator". If that doesn't work, take ownership of the directory and try again (using run as administrator).

PowerShell is just reporting the problem, it's up to you, as the owner of the system, to assure that the necessary permission is assigned to the accounts that need a required access to resource.