Windows 10: Administrator permissions: How do I get full access of my computer?

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  1. MRMUSTARD
    mrmustard Win User

    Administrator permissions: How do I get full access of my computer?


    I was a bit confused about the "Administrators" group because I thought there was only one elevated administrator account that could be activated.

    Could somebody please help me restoring default permissions in the "Program Files" folder by just telling me what permissions the group "Administrators" has in this folder?

    I changed the owership back to "Trusted Installer" and restricted users' permissions to "Read & execute", "List folder contents" and "Read". I believe that was the default. But I don't remember which permissions the Administrators group had. BTW, was exactly is "special permissions" and who can give them?

    Is there possibly a command that would let me revert permissions in a given folder to their default value? I came across this free software called Windows Repair that can repair permissions on the entire C drive. But I wouldn't want to do that because I really only changed anything in "Program Files" and I am not having any issues either.
     
    mrmustard, Dec 14, 2016
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  2. BREE
    Bree New Member

    Special permissions are just a combination of permissions that can't be achieved by ticking the boxes on the Properties Security tab. It says that 'For special permissions or advanced settings, click Advanced'. This gets you to here, where you see the permissions for Administrators on my PC. You can change the permissions here too.


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    Bree, Dec 14, 2016
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  3. ROLANDJS
    RolandJS Win User
    I've run Windows Repair (All in One) different times on all three of my computers -- as far as I can tell, it does not fix what is not broken, i.e., if a setting is Windows default - that setting remains as is.
     
    RolandJS, Dec 14, 2016
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  4. MRMUSTARD
    mrmustard Win User

    Administrator permissions: How do I get full access of my computer?

    So you think I could run it without hesitation if I wanted to be sure that the "Program Files" folder is back in its default state regarding permissions?

    Anyway, thanks for your help to everyone! Just one last question: Before I took ownership of "Program Files" with my user account I was not able to give permissions to anyone in this folder. Now I am still able to do that, even though I gave ownership back to "Trusted Installer". That surprises me. Any explanations?
     
    mrmustard, Dec 14, 2016
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  5. ROLANDJS
    RolandJS Win User
    Dunno to the last question. *Smile
     
    RolandJS, Apr 5, 2018
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