About this tag
The icacls tag on WindowsForum.com covers the use of the icacls command-line tool for managing file and folder permissions, ownership, and access control on Windows systems. Discussions include using icacls to force delete stubborn files, block folders from unauthorized access, recover user profile access, and troubleshoot access denied errors. Users share scripts to set restrictive permissions, propagate restrictions to subfolders, and combine icacls with takeown for ownership changes. Common issues involve silent aborts on system folders like System Volume Information and difficulties listing files by owner. The tag also covers related tools like CACLS and practical scenarios for Windows 10, 11, and Windows Server 2003.
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    How to Force Delete Files on Windows 10 & 11: Safe, Step-by-Step Guide

    When Windows refuses to remove a file, the frustration is immediate — but the reasons are usually diagnosable and fixable. This in-depth guide walks through every practical method to force delete a file that won't delete on Windows 10 and Windows 11, explains why files become stubborn in the...
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    Windows 7 blocking folders with icacls

    Using the command line, I would like to write a simple script that creates two folders C:\$X.~01 and C:\$X.~01 and then maybe uses the icacls command to set the permissions on both folders such that neither folder may be read, written or modified in any manner except specifically by a single...
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    • access control administrator automation command line file access file management file system folder creation icacls limited access permissions propagation restrict access scripting security user rights windows windows 10 windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Need help with Windows 2003 icacls

    Hello guys, At the moment I am doing a task for school. I need to make a folder that is shared and is only accessible by the specific user and the Administrator. This should in CMD. I already have the following commando' s: net user Test Welkom01 /ADD /DOMAIN net group Directie Test /add mkdir...
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    • access control cmd command line group policy icacls permissions server management shared folders user management windows 2003
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    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 7 How to Recover User Profile Access in Windows: Step-by-Step Guide

    This is another follow-up thread but I need to know how to use it (easily) I have tried to use the normal routine to recover my profile: 1. create a new profile 2. Copy every file from the old to the new with the exception of: ntuser.ini ntuser.dat ntuser.dat.log However this does not...
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    • access issues command prompt file access file recovery icacls permissions system setup user rights windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Access Denied Error Message Trying to Delete Folder Even in the DOS Command Prompt!

    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...
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    • access denied admin rights command line command prompt directory management dos error message file attributes file deletion folder deletion icacls ownership permissions safe mode security settings subdirectories takeown troubleshooting windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 CACLS Bug: Silent abort when reaching "System volumen information" folder

    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...
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    • bugs cacls command line hidden files icacls partition permissions security system files system volume workaround
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 How to list with CACLS all files with an owner "aaa"?

    1.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have an owner which contains the pattern "aaa"? 2.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have NOT an...
    • pstein
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    • cacls command line directory file management file system icacls ownership pattern matching security windows tools
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Cannot delete old user account files

    To test out another problem I was facing, I created a new user account. Now I have no use for that account, so I deleted it, but just to be on the safe side I chose to keep all files from the account. So, Windows created a folder on my desktop with the old account's name, and in it were the...
    • tjazar
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    • admin rights administrator desktop file deletion file management icacls ownership permissions registry system files troubleshooting uac prompts windows 10 windows 11
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support