Trace: • Change file ownership/permissions recursively

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Change file ownership/permissions recursively
- Assign ownership recursively to the current user
- Reset permissions rescursively

Change file ownership/permissions recursively

Source: http://superuser.com/questions/116625/recursively-change-owner-windows-7

Assign ownership recursively to the current user

> takeown /f C:\PATH /r

Deprecated (untested):

> cacls C:\PATH /E /T /C /G "My User Name":F

Reset permissions rescursively

> icacls C:\PATH /reset /T

msw/recursive_ownership.txt · Last modified: 2013/02/05 10:24 by Toni Corvera

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