All files and hard drives on computer are read only

That sure is a lot of total wasted time when the Security Advanced settings does the same thing with a few clicks of the mouse, and you can see what the hell is going on and what you are doing.

Or the attribute's which is in the properties for all folders, or simple command prompt attributes commands to set your folders.

I just don't get it. Personally, I myself would never trust someone if I didn't know what was going on, and start typing in a bunch of commands from some guy on any forum, especially when it is my system drive with all these bunched commands in your comment. No offense, just seems unnecessary to people on here that usually are below average knowledge PC user.

In folders inside of C:, If the read only Attributes box has a black square. Then that is default and is how it should be.

If it has a check mark in it, then it is on Read Only.

Are these USB drives ?????

If so, go into BIOS and under USB devices, Make sure READ ONLY is not enabled.

How did you format them. With Windows or with a 3rd party app ????

Are they formatted NTFS ???

right click on start menu>>Disk Management and make sure they are formatted NTFS and I would make them active and restart PC.

And for Security settings and permissions, Part 2 has complete details on Ownership, permissions and sharing.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/connecting-pcs-and-users-for-sharing/fb92e439-5dbc-4367-9857-1ef360e9ffdf

You take ownership, then disable inheritance. Bottom selection removes all users, then you NEED to add YOURSELF and ADMINS in user list with full control/permissions.

If you select disable inheritance and select the top selection, then this allows you to add users or edit the users list and their permissions......

Hi GREENLEAF64,

Look at this thread for a solution: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

If it doesn't work that clarify: window build / when does issue start / what was done for troubleshooting

Keep me updated

Hi, GreenLeaf64,

This can be done in two different ways, using takeown or icacls.

This command will take ownership of the folder or drive, and all files and subfolders in the folder or drive.

Open an elevated command prompt (administrator).

To grant ownership to administrators group:

takeown /F "full path of folder or drive" /A /R /D Y

Open an elevated command prompt (administrator).

To set administrators group as owner:

icacls "full path of folder or drive" /setowner "Administrators" /T /C

https://superuser.com/questions/813878/how-woul...

Try ICACLS and/or TAKEOWN with the below syntax against the folder with the username as needed.

Try just the ICACLS commands first and if that doesn't resolve, run the TAKEOWN commands and then run the ICACLS commands again.

ICACLS Commands

Grant explicit full control access to this folder to all beneath subfolders, and files leaving all inherited permissions in place and continue on error

ICACLS "<FolderPath>" /INHERITANCE:e /GRANT:r <UserName>:(F) /T /C

Grant explicit modify access to this folder to all beneath subfolders, and files leaving all inherited permissions in place and continue on error

ICACLS "<FolderPath>" /INHERITANCE:e /GRANT:r "<UserName>":(M) /T /C

Change the owner of this folder and all beneath subfolders and files and continue on error

ICACLS "<FolderPath>" /SETOWNER "<UserName>" /T /C

TAKEOWN Commands

Run this as the account which you want to grant ownership to, and it'll be changed to the owner of the folder and all beneath subfolders and files

TAKEOWN /F "<FolderPath>" /R /D Y

https://superuser.com/questions/1100532/command...

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