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Reset default permissions
Is there a way to reset permissions on Windows'
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On 19/06/2019 22:15, Jason wrote:
Is there a way to reset permissions on Windows' files/folders to their default values? Yes -- With over 999 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Is there a way to reset permissions on Windows' files/folders to their default values? At present, and because I don't have much time to investigate, my quick guess is that you have to do a Reset of Windows to make sure the permissions get set correctly. That basically restores Windows, like an in-place upgrade. You get to choose to keep or discard your data; however, I'd back it up before the reset to make sure there really were copies available. Actually I'd make an image backup just in case the Reset ****s up. https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/reset-windows-10-pc https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...t-or-reinstall https://www.pcmag.com/feature/363765...set-windows-10 |
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In article , says... You get to choose to keep or discard your data Since that requires re-installing applications, I'd probably just try to get the update to the newest OS level working. Since the Upgrade install will move Windows to Windows.old, whatever "smell" is in the Windows tree, might get fixed. For other areas of the disk drive, I would not expect any repair of such. For example, if you'd inadvertently added ownerships to your own profile folder, they're not likely to get rewritten. The WinXP actually had some sort of script for establishing default permissions. And you could run that at any time (if you dared). If you take a snapshot (with icacls) after the upgrade is finished, you can then use that later for a (partial) repair, where any files received after the Upgrade, would not be in your icacls output file. From my notes file, I also have this... "Putting back permissions on System32 items. cd /d "%Windir%\System32" icacls MusNotification.exe /remove:d Everyone icacls MusNotification.exe /grant Everyone:F icacls MusNotification.exe /setowner "NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller" icacls MusNotification.exe /remove:g Everyone " but I really wonder if that works. TrustedInstaller is normally delivered through a token path, a token acquired from a service, and could an administrator actually "setowner" like that ? Since so few things work when I try to fix them, I have my doubts. Paul |
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