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Resetting ALL permissions to default

Anonymous
2023-12-03T14:09:33+00:00

I have been silly and played with the security settings on my Windows 11 laptop

Is there some way to return ALL to a new build status ?

ie) Default everything without carrying out a rebuild

I am being blocked from using many programs such as Ancestry/FTM because I am unable to save some files to the folder on my C: drive

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T10:03:33+00:00

    Isn't it about time that a default setting was available ?

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  2. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-04T10:05:07+00:00

    Community is just a user to user forum, the best option would be to open the Feedback Hub (Windows Key + F) and suggest to their developers that they add this as an option in a future update.

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  3. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T15:21:26+00:00

    The only methods to restore the default settings is to either perform a System Restore or to reset Windows or create a new user account, there is no other working method since they have not added this as an option in the Settings app to restore the defaults.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-03T15:15:11+00:00

    No it won't

    I have spent the last few weeks discovering that it doesn't

    hence my question - I need to default my settings

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  5. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-03T14:42:52+00:00

    HI, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    If you have a System Restore point prior to making those changes, that will undo all the changes you have made:

    Click the power button on your Start menu.

    Press the Shift Key and click Restart

    Your PC will boot into the Windows Recovery Environment

    Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - System Restore

    Check to see if you have a restore point you can go back to

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