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Completely get rid of Windows 7 file/folder permissions

Anonymous
2014-05-03T07:27:37+00:00

I am looking to completely disable the horrible Windows 7 permissions, like you need acccess from Administrator (even though I am logged in as the system Administrator account) to rename or delete a system file.

I am ready to change registry as long as this can be achieved. I have also tried taking ownership of the folder and setting permissions to allow full changes but still no luck. Any other method?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T18:36:31+00:00

    I think I have solved it. Here's what I did

    1. Enable system administrator account from command promt.
    2. Log in as the system administrator
    3. Select the Windows folder in the installation root
    4. Open its security properties, click 'Advanced', go to 'Owner' tab and click 'Edit'
    5. Select 'Administrator' (not 'Administrators'). Check 'Replace owners on subcontainers and objects' option
    6. Click 'Ok'. It'll confirm the action and take 2-3 minutes to set permissions on folder and sub-folders
    7. Now close the properties dialogue box and open it again (required after changing ownership)
    8. Again go to the security tab, click 'Edit' to edit permissions. Select 'Administrators' (either one)
    9. In the pane below, check the box under the 'Allow' column, and on the 'Full control' row
    10. Verify that all check boxes are checked (this grants full permission to the Administrator account to do whatever the user desires with the files and folders inside the Windows directory)
    11. If this doesn't work, as suggested above by John, while changing ownership, verify that "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" option is unchecked

    Of course this creates a security risk, but I am willing to accept the risk at the benefit of no interruption while changing system files. God Windows is stupid.

    Thanks for your help and prompt replies, John.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T16:24:37+00:00

    Ok, I don't understand how those two are remotely related, but I have turned off the UAC. In fact, the first thing I do after re-installing Windows is turn off the UAC.

    I believe we are still on different chapters here -- I want to know the procedure of disabling the aforementioned dialogue box, which doesn't allow me to, for instance, rename a system file or folder.

    What you are so far suggesting has to do with this:

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T15:51:16+00:00

    UAC has everything to do with this prompt and you need to reboot the computer for changes to take effect.

    John

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T15:06:11+00:00

    UAC is completely unrelated to my problem. UAC is just a confirmation dialogue box, asking if I want to do some thing or not. The thing I am talking about is permission requirement to make changes to system files and folders.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-03T10:51:40+00:00

    I don't recommend doing it but you can turn User Account Control (UAC) off if you want to.

    John

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