file permissions

Hello all -- The permissions on my Windows 7 system (Windows 7 Ultimate x64) seem to have gotten screwed up over a period of months, such that applications now struggle to install or upgrade correctly. For example, Acrobat and iTunes auto-updates no longer work because the downloaded updates...

Once again I have setup here an 64bit Win7 pro system. Many of the files from the D: partition were taken from the previous Win7 system resp. copied from another Win7 (WinXP) computer. When I look at some of the security tabs of some of the files and folders then various user entries exist...

Why do files moved to an external drive not behave the same as those same files in an internal drive? I noticed that if I do anything to a file that is in an external drive, that file can not be saved under the same name (read only). In order to do so one must save it internally and then copy or...

I had downloaded a file and when I was done with it I wanted to delete the folder, subdirectories, and files. I kept getting "Access Denied." Went into properties and under Security, the owner was not named and I could not change it by editing it. Everytime I tried to change the attrib read only...

I've noticed several threads discussing some of the annoying "protections" put in place by Microsoft in Win7. On the one hand, at this moment, I share the sentiment that it's my computer, therefore, I ought to be able to access whatever I want. On the other hand, I'm all too aware that rogue...

Hi all, I just got a brand new computer. It was a gift from my parents. Since my parents know pretty much next to nothing about computers, they got my brother to order it for me. It seems that when the computer arrived he took it out of the box and named the computer and the user file after...

When I go to the root directory of my partition D: and enter CACLS * /T then the scanning of all my files and folders for Security settings starts. After a while the process reaches the (hidden, system) folder "System Volume Information" ...and abort silently. I think this is...

So, I recently began receiving this problem which disallows me (although I'm admin, and the only user account on the computer) from creating, moving, or accessing anything within the hard drive. I am also unable to download anything. I'm still able to access stuff outside of the hard drive, but...

Problem When installing a program with a setup file from my data partition (E:\) or a (virtual) disk to C:\ I get error codes indicating installer cannot create files in the temp folder. When I then copy the setup file to anywhere on C:\ it runs and installs without any problem. So I can't...

This is driving me crazy. Whenever I try to remove 'read only' status from a file or folder, basically NOTHING HAPPENS. I click apply and it acts like it worked. But once I look at the properties for that same folder it's still READ ONLY. I need to edit metadata on multiple files for class...

Fixes an issue in which a Windows Vista-based, Windows Server 2008-based, Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that shares some files and some folders may not respond to file share requests. More...

I was trying to unhide some files and now I've gone and changed some permissions which has resulted in files being classed as hidden. I can see them (they're at 50% transparency) but how do i get them back to being normal?

Hi, I've a problem with a software that create some files, those Child objects do not inherit permissions from their parent as expected. To solve this issue I have to manually edit the parent permission and give to his childs the same permissions of the folder itself. The checkbox solud be...

Hi, I have been on the edge of chucking my computer out the window for hours, and the only support I get from colleagues in my masters program is "Get a mac!" Anyway, yesterday I was working on something in CodeBlocks and when I went to build my project, I got stuck in a loop of "this project...

Hello, I'm troubleshooting a misreported read only error when operating on network shares. Here are the details: Windows Server 2003, fully up to date Windows 7 64 bit client, fully up to date File reports in use and can be opened read only. Almost immediately the file reports as available...

I have a MYOB company file on my W7 machine - this is where I use MYOB Premier. I have shared the folder so that my XP machine can see it. I have MYOB Account Right Plus on my XP machine. I can see the MYOB company file from the XP machine in the share so seeing it is not a problem...

Hi, When trying to copy a file off a networked drive I get the following error: Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect. This is the second time this has occurred. The first time I was trying to copy 4 files and 3 of them were copied correctly and the other was not. The solution then was...

Fixes an issue in which the original file permissions inherited from a folder persist when you move files to another folder by using Windows Explorer. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Hello, I am trying to compress a file by sending to zipped folder. The file is a window minidump from a BSOD. I find that when I try and do this I get the error message "File not found or no read permission". I am definitely have administrative rights so I don't know what the problem is...

trying to set-up some specific folder permissions here at work. on this one folder i would like a specific user to only be able to create files, read them but not be able to modify any existing files. how do i set-up the folder permissions for this? >advanced security settings would it be...