Shredder elevation
If a user is not an administrator (or not elevated on Vista or later), he might not be able to shred just any file. In this case, the Secure Shredder offers to elevate to administrator privileges to retry on those files.
Helpful Hint
Tick the boxes that best describe your situation. A suggested solution will then appear below.
Are you using Windows Vista or later?
Are there other users of this computer?
Are you the first user set up on this computer?
Do you know if your account is an administrator account?
Do you have the password of an administrator account?