Windows 10: Add Inherited Permissions Context Menu in Windows

How to: Add Inherited Permissions Context Menu in Windows

How to Add Inherited Permissions Context Menu in Windows


Information On ReFS volumes, you can set security permissions on files and folders. These permissions grant or deny access to the files and folders.

Every container (ex: folder) and object (ex: file) on the PC has a set of access control information attached to it. Known as a users and groups. The security descriptor is automatically created along with the container or object that is created.

When you are a member of a own, you have full control.

Permissions are defined within an object's security descriptor. Permissions are associated with, or assigned to, specific users and groups. For example, for the file Temp.dat, the built-in Administrators group might be assigned Read, Write, and Delete permissions, while the Backup Operators group might be assigned Read and Write permissions only.

Each assignment of permissions to a user or group is represented in the system as an access control entry (ACE). The entire set of permission entries in a security descriptor is known as a permission set or access control list (ACL). Thus, for a file named Temp.dat, the permission set includes two permission entries, one for the built-in Administrators group and one for the Backup Operators group.

There are two types of permissions: explicit permissions and inherited permissions.

• Explicit permissions are those that are set by default on non-child objects when the object is created, or by user action on non-child, parent, or child objects.See also: Change Permissions of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key for Users and Groups in Windows 10
• Inherited permissions are those that are propagated to an object from a parent object. Inherited permissions ease the task of managing permissions and ensure consistency of permissions among all objects within a given container.
  • Inherited Deny permissions do not prevent access to an object if the object has an explicit Allow permission entry.
  • Explicit permissions take precedence over inherited permissions, even inherited Deny permissions.

By default, objects within a container inherit the permissions from that container when the objects are created. For example, when you create a folder called MyFolder, all subfolders and files created within MyFolder automatically inherit the permissions from that folder. Therefore, MyFolder has explicit permissions, while all subfolders and files within it have inherited permissions.



This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Inherited Permissions context menu to enable and disable inheritance for files and folders in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be an administrator to add, remove, and use the "Inherited Permissions" context menu.



Note Enabling or disabling inherited permissions for files and folders will not affect their current explicit permissions.

If the context menu fails to be able to enable or disable inherited permissions for a file or folder, then you will need to take ownership of the file or folder first, and try again. This can happen when you are not the owner, or you do not have read or write permissions.


EXAMPLE: Inherited Permissions in Context Menu of files and folders






Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (add), step 3 (add w/pause), or step 4 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "Inherited Permissions" to Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 5 below.

Add_Inherited_Permissions_to_context_menu.reg

Download

3. To Add "Inherited Permissions" with Pause to Context Menu


Note This option pauses the command when you use the "Inherited Permissions" context menu to be able to see the command results. This can be handy to verify if enabling or disabling inheritance for a file or folder was successfully processed or not.






A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 5 below.

Add_Inherited_Permissions_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg

Download

4. To Remove "Inherited Permissions" from Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 5 below.

Remove_Inherited_Permissions_from_context_menu.reg

Download

5. Save the .reg file to your Desktop.

6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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Inherit permission from the parent folder in Windows Server 2012R2

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that you want the child folder to inherit the permissions from the parent folder. You can try the following steps and check if that helps:

1. Right click on the folder to which you want to provide permission.
   
2. Click on Security tab.
   
3. Click on Advanced.
   
4. Click on Enable Inheritance and.
   
5. Click on Apply and OK.
   

If that doesn’t help, as you are using Windows Server 2012R2, I would suggest you to post your query in
TechNet forums, where we have support professionals who
are well equipped with the knowledge on Windows Server.

Hope it helps.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Adding Restore Backup/Restore Ownership to Windows context menu?

Hello @BrokenDaily, *Smile

If you like, here's a Reset Permissions context menu below that will reset effective permissions (what you set) of files and folders back to their default inherited permissions.

*Arrow Add Reset Permissions to Context Menu in Windows | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

Custom context menu entries

So, just throwing this out there, in case somone knows.

I have added a custom context menu entry for the program rightload, since by default the menu is broken in vistax64.

It works pefect with single files, but when I select mutiple files and try to open, I get mutiple instances of the program (which makes sense), here is my entry:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Rightload\Rightload.exe --server=1 --autostart %1

So the %1 passes the filename to the program, and when I select multiple files it is just opening multiple instances of rightload each with a different file.

What I'd like to do is be able to pass a list of the files selected to the program. Since I know it is capable of uploading multiple files from the context menu, all in one instance.

So, is there something I can pass besides %1 that will do this? I have looked around and can't seem to find an answer anywhere... *Frown

 

Inheriting permissions setting

Hi DiMi3940

Inherited Permissions in Windows are normally set on a folder or drive . ..

In Windows File Explorer - This PC, right click your C Drive and choose Properties

On the resulting dialog, click on the Security Tab

Then click the 'Advanced' Button

On the resulting dialog, is that user listed in the Inherited column?

One thing, I have never heard of this issue when deleting a user form a PC, please try this:

Click your Start Button, type netplwiz and hit Enter

If you select that user profile and click 'Remove' what happens, do you get an error?

 

Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10  


Hello 1337n3ss, and welcome to Ten Forums.

The Take Ownership context menu will only change the owner to the current user and grant the Administrators group full access permission. That's why your user name is not listed in the "Group or user names" box. Since your account is an administrator, it doesn't matter since all users that are administrators will have access as set by the context menu.

Owner and permissions are two separate settings.

When you manually copy the folder, your name gets added to "Group or user names" box because of inherited permissions since your technically just created it there by copying it.