Windows 10: Write permission in System32 folder

I am not able to write to System32 folder, I right click "System32" folder and choose the security tab then choose my session user name and there it is not possible to allow "full control" or "modify" permission, the "allow" and "denied" columns are dimmed so impossible to select them.

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Write permission

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

If you don’t have permission for any folder follow the below steps to give permissions:

Let’s give permission to the folder and check if that helps. Follow these steps to give permissions to the drive.

• Right-click on the folder which you’re unable to access and select Properties.
• Click on ‘Security’ tab and under ‘Group or user names’ click on ‘Edit’.
• Click on ‘Add’ and type ‘everyone’.
• Click on ‘Check names’ and then click ‘OK’.
• Select ‘everyone’ and under ‘Allow’ select
  ‘Full control’ and click on ‘Apply’ and Click ‘Ok’.

Hope this information help and let us know the status of the issue we will be glad to help you further.

 

System32 security properties

I had to fix something by gaining access to the System32 folder, then deleted some malicious files, but forgot to write down the default permission settings. This is what I have now - does it look correct? Thank you in advance!

> ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES

read&execute

list folder contents

read

> ALL RESTRICTED APPLICATION PACKAGES

read&execute

list folder contents

read

> CREATOR OWNER

special permissions

> SYSTEM

special permissions

> ADMINISTRATORS

read&execute

list folder contents

read

>USERS

read&execute

list folder contents

read

>TRUSTED INSTALLER

list folder contents

special permissions

 

Folder won't open due to permission issue

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft community. I understand your concern. Let me help you.

I suggest you to sign out from the current account, restart the computer and log in with Administrators account and

check if it helps to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to refer to the steps below and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

• 
  Press and hold or right-click the file or folder, and then click
  Properties.
  
• 
  Tap or click the Security tab.
  
• 
  Under Group or user names, tap or click your name to see the permissions that you have.
  
  To open a file, you have to have the Read permission. To change the permissions of a file or folder, follow these steps.
  
  Important you must be logged on as an administrator to change permissions on files and folders.
  

• 
  Press and hold or right-click the file or folder, and then tap or click
  Properties.
  
• 
  Tap or click the Security tab.
  
• 
  Under Group or user names, tap or click your name to see the permissions that you have.
  
• 
  Tap or click Edit, tap or click your name, select the check boxes for the permissions that you must have, and then click
  OK.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us with more information and we’d be happy to help.