You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Vinod N. Hi, Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Communities. Here are the steps to modify ownership and permissions: a. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
Click OK, and then click yes when you receive the following message: f. All permissions will be replaced if you click yes. Note that if the permissions are greyed out, like in the example above, the permissions are being inherited from the containing folder. List Folder Contents is the only permission that is exclusive to folders. So what do each of these permissions mean? Before you can edit any permissions, you have to have ownership of the file or folder.
Read my previous post on how to take ownership of files and folders in Windows if you are currently not the owner. If you right-click on a file or folder, choose Properties and click on the Security tab, we can now try to edit some permissions.
Go ahead and click the Edit button to get started. At this point, there are a couple of things you can do. This is because of the inheritance I was talking about earlier. However, you can check items on the Deny column. So if you just want to block access to a folder for a specific user or group, click the Add button first and once added, you can check the Deny button next to Full Control.
It will show you all the users and groups. Click OK and the user or group will be added to the access control list. Now you can check the Allow column or Deny column. As mentioned, try to use Deny only for users instead of groups. Now what happens if we try to remove a user or group from the list. In order to disable inheritance, you have to go back to the main Security tab for the file or folder and click on the Advanced button at the bottom.
In Windows 10, they just moved that to the top and you have to click Change. Anyway, in Windows 7, click on Change Permissions at the bottom of the first tab. When you do that, another dialog box will popup and it will ask you whether you want to convert the inherited permissions to explicit permissions or whether you just want to remove all the inherited permissions. Clicking Remove , will start you off with a clean slate. In Windows 10, it looks slightly different. After clicking on the Advanced button, you have to click on Disable Inheritance.
The Convert option is the same as Add and the second option is the same as Remove. Log in as an administrator. Right-click a file or folder. Click Properties. Click Security. Click Edit. Click Add to add a user. Choose permissions for all users. Click OK. Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers.
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By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Related Articles. Article Summary. Method 1. Log into Windows as an administrator. If you aren't logged in as an administrator, you'll only be able to change permissions for your own user account. In order to change permissions for other accounts on the computer, you'll need to be logged in with an account with administrator privileges.
If you are not logged in as an administrator, you won't be able to access most of the permissions settings. Right-click on the file or folder you want to change permissions for. You can change the permissions for any file or folder. Changing the permissions for a folder will change the permissions for all of the files and folders inside. You won't be able to change permissions for files that are currently in use. Make sure that you close any programs currently using the file or folder that you are attempting to change permissions for.
Select "Properties. Click the "Security" tab. This will display a list of groups and users that currently have permissions for the object. If you don't have a "Security" tab, you are likely trying to change the permissions for a file stored on a USB drive. The disk must be using the NTFS file system. Click the "Edit" button. This will allow you to change the permissions for that file or folder for any user on the computer. Click the "Add" button to add a new user or group to the list.
If you want to add a new user to the list of user with permissions for that file, click the "Add" button to begin. Select the user you want to add to the permissions list and click "OK.
Select the user that you want to change permissions for. The available permissions will be displayed in the "Permissions for User " list.
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