Vista - Reset file security permissions on all drives

hello,

in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i just
formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs i've
installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other drives.

all my drives are ntfs.

in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to invidual
files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched to
vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i get access
denied error when i try to open the folder.

can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all other
drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files &
folders.

many thanks,

// chall3ng3r //

Hi,

You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the security
tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and change it
to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to run.
Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be able to
alter any other user account access lists.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
> hello,
>
> in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i just
> formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs i've
> installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other drives.
>
> all my drives are ntfs.
>
> in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to invidual
> files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched to
> vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i get
> access
> denied error when i try to open the folder.
>
> can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all other
> drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files &
> folders.
>
> many thanks,
>
> // chall3ng3r //
>
>

thanks Rick, i already found that :P

thanks again for the reply.

// chall3ng3r //

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
> permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the security
> tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and change it
> to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
> extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to run.
> Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be able to
> alter any other user account access lists.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
> > hello,
> >
> > in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i just
> > formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs i've
> > installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other drives.
> >
> > all my drives are ntfs.
> >
> > in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to invidual
> > files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched to
> > vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i get
> > access
> > denied error when i try to open the folder.
> >
> > can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all other
> > drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files &
> > folders.
> >
> > many thanks,
> >
> > // chall3ng3r //
> >
> >
>
>

I have just gone through a variant of this exercise, I set the ownership to
the Administrators group instead of my own account. I am a member of this
group however. I found that the assumption of ownership is NOT completely
recursive. It only seems to extend to child folders one or two levels deep.
Beyond that say folders with relative paths like .\sub1\sub2\sub3 are
unaffected. I have a large drive with tens of thousands of folders and files
where I need to change ownership and grant permissions. I need a good way to
do this without having to individually touch each one.

Any further ideas.

Thanks,
Eagle

"chall3ng3r" wrote:

> thanks Rick, i already found that :P
>
> thanks again for the reply.
>
> // chall3ng3r //
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
> > permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the security
> > tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and change it
> > to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
> > extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to run.
> > Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be able to
> > alter any other user account access lists.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i just
> > > formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs i've
> > > installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other drives.
> > >
> > > all my drives are ntfs.
> > >
> > > in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to invidual
> > > files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched to
> > > vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i get
> > > access
> > > denied error when i try to open the folder.
> > >
> > > can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all other
> > > drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files &
> > > folders.
> > >
> > > many thanks,
> > >
> > > // chall3ng3r //
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

Hi,

During the process, did you enable the line to extend to subcontainers?
Without it, you'll get exactly what you are seeing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"EagleRed@HighFlyingBirds.com"
<EagleRedHighFlyingBirdscom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2211C85B-CDF5-4738-B3FC-B7233AC28DCF@microsoft.com...
>I have just gone through a variant of this exercise, I set the ownership to
> the Administrators group instead of my own account. I am a member of this
> group however. I found that the assumption of ownership is NOT completely
> recursive. It only seems to extend to child folders one or two levels
> deep.
> Beyond that say folders with relative paths like .\sub1\sub2\sub3 are
> unaffected. I have a large drive with tens of thousands of folders and
> files
> where I need to change ownership and grant permissions. I need a good way
> to
> do this without having to individually touch each one.
>
> Any further ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> Eagle
>
> "chall3ng3r" wrote:
>
>> thanks Rick, i already found that :P
>>
>> thanks again for the reply.
>>
>> // chall3ng3r //
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
>> > permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the
>> > security
>> > tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and
>> > change it
>> > to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
>> > extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to
>> > run.
>> > Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be
>> > able to
>> > alter any other user account access lists.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best of Luck,
>> >
>> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >
>> > "chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
>> > > hello,
>> > >
>> > > in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i
>> > > just
>> > > formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs
>> > > i've
>> > > installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other
>> > > drives.
>> > >
>> > > all my drives are ntfs.
>> > >
>> > > in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to
>> > > invidual
>> > > files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched
>> > > to
>> > > vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i
>> > > get
>> > > access
>> > > denied error when i try to open the folder.
>> > >
>> > > can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all
>> > > other
>> > > drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files
>> > > &
>> > > folders.
>> > >
>> > > many thanks,
>> > >
>> > > // chall3ng3r //
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >

Thanks for responding. I did extend to subdirectories, but only goes one or
two levels deep. Deeper folders and file are unaffected.

Thanks and have a Merry Christmas.

Eagle

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> During the process, did you enable the line to extend to subcontainers?
> Without it, you'll get exactly what you are seeing.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "EagleRed@HighFlyingBirds.com"
> <EagleRedHighFlyingBirdscom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2211C85B-CDF5-4738-B3FC-B7233AC28DCF@microsoft.com...
> >I have just gone through a variant of this exercise, I set the ownership to
> > the Administrators group instead of my own account. I am a member of this
> > group however. I found that the assumption of ownership is NOT completely
> > recursive. It only seems to extend to child folders one or two levels
> > deep.
> > Beyond that say folders with relative paths like .\sub1\sub2\sub3 are
> > unaffected. I have a large drive with tens of thousands of folders and
> > files
> > where I need to change ownership and grant permissions. I need a good way
> > to
> > do this without having to individually touch each one.
> >
> > Any further ideas.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eagle
> >
> > "chall3ng3r" wrote:
> >
> >> thanks Rick, i already found that :P
> >>
> >> thanks again for the reply.
> >>
> >> // chall3ng3r //
> >>
> >> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > You need to take ownership of the other files before you can change
> >> > permissions. Right click a folder and select permissions. From the
> >> > security
> >> > tab you want to click advanced. From the Owner tab, click edit and
> >> > change it
> >> > to your current user account. Make sure to check the box so that this
> >> > extends to all subcontainers. It will take a bit of time for this to
> >> > run.
> >> > Then close the permissions dialog and reopen it, you should then be
> >> > able to
> >> > alter any other user account access lists.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Best of Luck,
> >> >
> >> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> >
> >> > "chall3ng3r" <chall3ng3r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:FD0D891B-1CE8-4601-BC7C-904449317C84@microsoft.com...
> >> > > hello,
> >> > >
> >> > > in my previous xp installations, i never reformated all drives. i
> >> > > just
> >> > > formated c: which actullay contains the os and all other programs
> >> > > i've
> >> > > installed on it. so, i kept safe my data all the time on other
> >> > > drives.
> >> > >
> >> > > all my drives are ntfs.
> >> > >
> >> > > in some previouse xp installs, i tried to apply permissions to
> >> > > invidual
> >> > > files & folders. later i reinstalled xp many times, and now switched
> >> > > to
> >> > > vista. now many of these files & folders are not accessable, and i
> >> > > get
> >> > > access
> >> > > denied error when i try to open the folder.
> >> > >
> >> > > can anyone tell me how i can RESET permissions to default on my all
> >> > > other
> >> > > drives (other than c? and also how i can unlock those locked files
> >> > > &
> >> > > folders.
> >> > >
> >> > > many thanks,
> >> > >
> >> > > // chall3ng3r //
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>