I dinked up user permissions on my external hard drive, I can't seem to get them reset. Any assistance would be appreciated, I have dug around the net and tried a few things but nothing's worked. I have Windows 10 and the security permissions tab doesn't look like it does on the videos I've found.
I need permissions to the hard drive, and the files I guess. My main concern is the hard drive permissions.
22 Answers
You need to take ownership of your hard drive.
There is a "takeown" command, i.e. if your external drive has been recognized as E partition
TAKEOWN /F E:\ /R /D Y
Once you have taken ownership, then you have to set the permissions; for this, you use ICACLS:
ICACLS "e:\" /reset /T
Have a try
Download this take ownership reg at:
Once installed, highlight all folders in your C drive, right click and click Take ownership.
Be aware that doing this will mean you will be able to control files that you are not supposed to, so DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
