Removing All Need for Permissions to Read/Write to Drives?

[newtekie1]

So now people are just upfront refusing to actually answer?

You've already been given the answer, I told you want to do. Take ownership of the drive then set permissions to everyone. If that isn't working then there is something really wrong, possibly even a bad drive itself.

 

[Steevo]

Man these threads make me glad I'm not doing IT work anymore. This reminds me of so many users demanding I do something for them they don't understand but by damned they I know I was stopping magic from happening.

Dear OP, the advice given here is free. As in, no one is getting paid to tell you answers to problems you created, or in your own head. Also the amount of advice is backed by years and years and years of collective experience. More years than you have probably existed.

OP if you want to learn, listen, read, ask questions and read the whole answer, not just what you think you need.

 

[avrona]

You've already been given the answer, I told you want to do. Take ownership of the drive then set permissions to everyone. If that isn't working then there is something really wrong, possibly even a bad drive itself.

What about doing it via the registry editor like I did before though? That did the trick.

Man these threads make me glad I'm not doing IT work anymore. This reminds me of so many users demanding I do something for them they don't understand but by damned they I know I was stopping magic from happening.

Dear OP, the advice given here is free. As in, no one is getting paid to tell you answers to problems you created, or in your own head. Also the amount of advice is backed by years and years and years of collective experience. More years than you have probably existed.

OP if you want to learn, listen, read, ask questions and read the whole answer, not just what you think you need.

Ok... never did I doubt that advice is given for me, and I'm not sure how me asking for solution is somehow me not "learning,listening,reading", etc.

 

[newtekie1]

What about doing it via the registry editor like I did before though? That did the trick.

There is no way to bypass ntfs permissions with the registry. I don't know what you did before, but it didn't bypass permissions.

 

[avrona]

There is no way to bypass ntfs permissions with the registry. I don't know what you did before, but it didn't bypass permissions.

Well what's something similar to that that will also solve the issue without, either using the registry editor or some other way?

 

[newtekie1]

Well what's something similar to that that will also solve the issue without, either using the registry editor or some other way?

Well, you never actually told us the issue. So...

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Well, you never actually told us the issue. So...

Exactly. Any user that avoids answering questions so they can get the correct help, is not getting it. IDK, if the OP is embarrased or ashamed for screwing up, it doesnt matter, porting here means you need to suck it up and dont worry, you will get the help needed. I suggested finding a tutorial on permissions, I have ran across several all over the place in the past even on youtube. saying you cant find one is ...

Dear OP, you are not the first and wont be the last to mess up windows. [funfact: m$ was the first to screw it all up ]

 

[R-T-B]

He probably needs to set himself as owner on the object and all subobjects. Not that that'll do anything good, but it'll at least do what he thinks is good.

 

[avrona]

Well, you never actually told us the issue. So...

I did though, I have issues accessing certain random locations on drives, I did something in the registry editor that fixed it so I want to do it again as just trying to change permissions in the security tab doesn't work.

Exactly. Any user that avoids answering questions so they can get the correct help, is not getting it. IDK, if the OP is embarrased or ashamed for screwing up, it doesnt matter, porting here means you need to suck it up and dont worry, you will get the help needed. I suggested finding a tutorial on permissions, I have ran across several all over the place in the past even on youtube. saying you cant find one is ...

Dear OP, you are not the first and wont be the last to mess up windows. [funfact: m$ was the first to screw it all up ]

How on earth am I avoiding answering questions though? What would be the sense in that anyway? And I didn't screw up anything at least as far as I can tell.

He probably needs to set himself as owner on the object and all subobjects. Not that that'll do anything good, but it'll at least do what he thinks is good.

If that's the thing you do in the security tab then that doesn't work either as apparently I don't have permission to change permissions on items.

 

[R-T-B]

If that's the thing you do in the security tab then that doesn't work either as apparently I don't have permission to change permissions on items.

If your an admin account you can always set owner.

 

[avrona]

If your an admin account you can always set owner.

How can I check if I am or not? This is the only account on this PC.

 

[R-T-B]

How can I check if I am or not? This is the only account on this PC.

Then it is likely an admin account.

I'm still unsure what read/write errors this would "fix" that would not be denying you access for a good reason... care to elaborate in specifics?

 

[c2DDragon]

You could try the icacls commands here there are some good reading : https://theitbros.com/using-icacls-to-list-folder-permissions-and-manage-files/ & https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/icacls
If you were the legit owner of those files you could try to reset the whole drive permissions. Never tried on a whole drive but only on specific folders but you can try your luck where "X" is your drive :

ICACLS X:\ /T /Q /C /RESET

Then try to take ownership : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/takeown

(All those commands to be made in an admin CMD prompt)

 

[avrona]

Then it is likely an admin account.

I'm still unsure what read/write errors this would "fix" that would not be denying you access for a good reason... care to elaborate in specifics?

The error message says "insufficient privileges are held by the client" whenever I can't write to a few random folders and locations, and when I try to change it in the security tab, I get an error saying "access is denied".

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

The error message says "insufficient privileges are held by the client" whenever I can't write to a few random folders and locations, and when I try to change it in the security tab, I get an error saying "access is denied".

that sounds more like sharing was not set up correctly.

 

[avrona]

that sounds more like sharing was not set up correctly.

How do I fix it then?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

How do I fix it then?

do what i told you the first time, search for a tutorial, there are tons of them, online.

 

[avrona]

do what i told you the first time, search for a tutorial, there are tons of them, online.

Sharing just seems to be for network locations though as far as I can tell? While all of my drives are local.

 

[Athlonite]

If it's saying in the error msg that you don't have enough permission or privileges then your logon account is not an admin account. you'll need to go here

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts then click on change account type in there you'll see two account types 1: Standard and 2: Administrator you need to select admin

 

[avrona]

If it's saying in the error msg that you don't have enough permission or privileges then your logon account is not an admin account. you'll need to go here

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts then click on change account type in there you'll see two account types 1: Standard and 2: Administrator you need to select admin

Ok so I went into there and it says the account is admin already.

 

[Athlonite]

Then you've screwed something else that is denying you permissions/privileges and you'll need to reinstall windows if that's the case

 

[avrona]

Then you've screwed something else that is denying you permissions/privileges and you'll need to reinstall windows if that's the case

I didn't touch the permissions in the drive itself before I had these problems, just tried to fix them using the security tab and didn't work either. There's literally nothing I've done that could've caused that.

 

[Athlonite]

Which folder exactly are you trying to remove permissions on and why

 

[avrona]

Which folder exactly are you trying to remove permissions on and why

It's just several random locations and folders across the PC.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Ok... How do I do it though?

While in Windows Explorer(inbuilt file manager) right-click on each drive and click on the Security tab.
On that tab, click the " Edit... " button next to where is says " To change permissions, click Edit ".
The Permissions windows will pop up. In that window click the " Add " button.
A new window will open named " Select Users or Groups ".
In the box that says " Enter the object names to select " type in " Everyone " and then click the " Check Names " button. " Everyone " should now be underlined. Click ok.
In the " Group or user names " field " Everyone " should now be present. Click on it.
Below that field is the permissions selection field with check boxes to allow or deny.
Check the " Allow " box on the line that says " Full Control ".
Now click OK and every account that exists on the PC in question will have full access to that drive.

This of course is not recommended if you are connecting said PC to the internet because anyone who direct addresses that PC will be able to walk right into it with very little effort.