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Setting Permissions
I want to give another user with a limited account the ability to write to a
folder within Program Files so they can save when they're playing a game. How can I change the permissions for that folder? I seem to remember that it used to be possible by right clicking on the folder but now all it seems to talk about it sharing across a network. |
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Setting Permissions
At a Command Prompt:
cacls "C:\Program Files\Program Name" /E /G "User Name":W If you want to do it from the folder's Properties Tab with XP Pro you have to disable Simple File Sharing, with XP Home you have to boot to Safe Mode. John Ian Finlayson wrote: I want to give another user with a limited account the ability to write to a folder within Program Files so they can save when they're playing a game. How can I change the permissions for that folder? I seem to remember that it used to be possible by right clicking on the folder but now all it seems to talk about it sharing across a network. |
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