takeown /F D: /R /Dicacls "_Files" /reset /T The first command above is to take the ownership. The noticeable effect of the second command is to assign full access to
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Monday, May 1, 2017
Resetting Windows NTFS Ownership and Permission to Default
I moved an external hard drive from from one computer to another, and discovered that I could not access to any of the folders. The file system is NTFS. As suggested by this post, I completed the following steps to set all folders to the Windows default from Windows Command Prompt as an Administrator, and regained access to the files.
The first command above is to take the ownership. The noticeable effect of the second command is to assign full access to
The first command above is to take the ownership. The noticeable effect of the second command is to assign full access to
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Good post, I am going to share it with others as well so that they can get benefit out of it. Thank you for sharing it and keep posting such informative posts
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