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I have a UWF filter protecting all of my C: drive, except for:
uwfmgr.exe file add-exclusion c:/myCompany/myApplicationData.
When the filter is enabled, if I create a new folder: "../myApplicationData/New Folder" it creates it and does not delete it on restart as expected, however If I try to delete it from the same user that created it "myMachine/Admin", it will say:
"Folder Access Denied
You need permission to perform this action.
You require permission from myMachine/Admin to make changes to this folder"
All I can do is hit try again which results in the same message.
I have checked all of the security settings and every user has full permissions. When I disable the UWF and then try the same thing there is no access issues. When the filter is active and I am logged in as another user that doesn't have access, it will prompt for the admin password to get access, then STILL fail and say access denied. If I go to UAP settings and turn the slider all the way down to ignore all access prompts, it still does the same thing.
I am using a disk overlay.
It seems like a bug in UAP with UWF. Does anyone have any ideas as to what's causing this?
Update:
I realised it's ebcasue the recycle bin is being filtered and you cant transfer from excluded to filtered. The recommended workarounds are "exclude the recycle bin, disable the recycle bin, delete without sending to recycle bin (shift+delete)". I do not want to disable it as our users may need it, I can't expect them to know about shift delete and to put up with that, so that leaves excluding it.
BUT, when I exclude it (C:$Recycle.bin), while I can delete from the other excluded folder, I now can't delete from a protected folder i.e. if I make a new folder c:/new folder then try and delete it, I get the same access denied issue.
Is this all just a big oversight by microsoft? Surely there's a way to use a UWF without disabling the recycle bin?
I realised it's the recycle bin causing the issue as you cannot transfer from excluded folders to protected ones. The recommended workaround is to disable recycle bin (can't do this, users need it), delete without recycling via shift+delete (can't expect users to know about and put up with this), or to exclude it from the filer as well.
BUT, when I exclude it (c:$recycle.bin), while I can delete a folder from the other excluded folder (myApplicationData) I can't delete folders from protected areas (e.g. c:/New Folder).
Is this just a massive oversight by microsoft? Surely there's a way to use a UWF with the recyclebin active.
This is how it works. Don't exclude recycle bin. Instead, you can set a group policy to bypass the recycle bin: "Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin"