Permissions Mess

Question

Attempting to get Win 10 Pro 22H2 to stop asking for Admin Permission for almost everything, I followed directions from a 2023 Answers post. Now it is all screwed up. All of my Data is on a separate physical drive D: and I do have it backed up so not a total loss if I can't get the security settings straightened out.

The basic system files of Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, etc. have been located to the D: drive using the properties\location tab for each. Documents is now named All Files and all data is under D:\All Files except for $RECYCLEBIN, System Volume Information, and a Temp folder which are directly under D:

On the security tab for D: in Advanced I changed the owner to Administrators, checked the Replace owner on all subcontainers and objects box and the Replace all child object permission entries... box, and OK. It ran only complaining about $recyclebin and System vol info, which successfully negotiated through. However I still need admin permission for almost everything.

Also Ctrl+Z does not undo a rename nor a deletion.

Answer 1

So what I did was I copied al of the data files to another drive on my desktop, deleted the files on the new build, and copied the files back to the new build. For some reason that worked.

The newly copied files and folders will inherit their permissions from the parent folder which, apparently, was still okay.

In the future, if you move folders to a new drive or new computer and encounter a permission issue, you can use the Take ownership and get access option from my free Right-Click Tools app.

Answer 2

I appreciate your help. However, it doesn't make sense to me to Everyone full control.

So what I did was I copied al of the data files to another drive on my desktop, deleted the files on the new build, and copied the files back to the new build. For some reason that worked.

Answer 3

Hello，Rafisher1

Thank you for your reply and let me correct you, please set everyone as the owner.

I understand your spirit of learning to keep exploring, if you want to know more about account permissions, you can also go to Microsoft Learn **** and rest assured that there are volunteers and users there who share their thoughts and progress with each other as they explore deeper system knowledge and have expertise in account permissions.

Best Regards，

Rota|Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Answer 4

I did what you said, but with Administrators as the owner. It did not work. I as an administrator still require admin permission to do most everything.

I posted to learn.

Answer 5

Hello，Rafisher1

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft community.

From your description, I understand that you are unable to manipulate files or folders in a specific folder, there is an error with Replace Sub Permissions, and you currently still need to click Administrator permissions to do so.

We can first try to give each system user permissions for the folder you currently need to use.

1. Right-click on the folder, select "Properties", select the "Security" tab in the pop-up box, and click "Advanced".
2. Click the "Change" option next to the owner and type everyone in the "Enter who to select" box.
3. Check "Replace owners of subcontainers and objects" and "Replace all subobject permission items with permission items that can be inherited from this object" and click "OK".
4. Go back to the "Security" tab, click "Edit > Add", enter everyone, and then check the "Full Control" permission.

Then you can check whether this folder can be accessed normally. If it still doesn't work, don't worry, we also have other solutions, because your problem is related to system permission confusion, we suggest you to post this thread to Microsoft Learn where there are experts in this field who can provide you with more specific solutions, you can share this thread to Microsoft Learn so that they can understand your problem better and have common sense solutions. You can share this thread with Microsoft Learn so that they have a better understanding of your problem and common sense solutions.

After you refer to the above steps, you can share some information in this thread and I will answer your questions further. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Best Regards，

Rota|Microsoft Community Support Specialist