I could perhaps replicate the permissions from a fresh install of windows. However the faulty permissions still exist at the root of C:, and also on it's sub-folders who are not system files.ex: C:\NVIDIAĭoes anyone have ideas on how I can remove the faulty permissions from the root of C:\ and its 'non-system file' sub-folders, without replacing/inheriting permissions down the whole structure of C:\ once again? (On Windows 7, you can also click start->run to get the same dialog box.) Enter the word cmd in the program prompt, as shown, and press OK. This process did reset the permissions for C:\Windows, C:\ProgramFiles,Ĭ:\ProgramFiles(x86), C:\Users. To locate the system root directory: Press and hold the Windows key, then press the letter ‘R’.
I found sort of a halfway solution of doing an in-place windows repair upgrade which retains all applications and files while reinstalling windows and thereby resetting windows file system permissions. The limit is capped at 20 of the available space on the hard drive. So on a few computers I made the terrible rookie mistake of modifying C: drive permissions and replacing the perms on all sub-folders and files via GPO. Sets the path to the content cache location on a connected APFS, HFS+, or NTFS file.
