Windows 7 Understanding File Permissions and Ownership in Windows 7

[jst42daytoo]

What is file permisions and how do I do it?
What is taking ownership of a file or folder and how do I do it?
I have Windows 7 64 bit buikt by me.

 

[cybercore]

The idea behind it is to set appropriate permissions for different files. e.g. allow certain users read files but not modify them, etc.


Right-click on a file/folder/drive => Properties => Security tab:


Windows 7 Take Ownership & Grant Permissions to Access Files & Folder


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Also,

cmd => takeown /F <filename>
cmd => icacles <foldername>/grant administrators:F /T

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Adding to context menu:

Take Ownership Shortcut - Windows 7 Forums

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[jst42daytoo]

Cybercore,
Thanks for the help.
Those links are great.
J

 

[fjgold]

I use the info at "adding to context menu" link provided by Cybercore to create a handy tool to take ownership on the fly of files and folders
I need to change permisions for whatever reasons.

You do need to excercise caution using this tool.
I wouldn't use this to take ownership of my entire C:\Windows folder for instance.

I've used it to change ownership of files and folders that I couldn't delete, something I see a lot in Win 7
and I hope is addressed in SP1 later this year.