Windows 10: Certain files on my computer have become impossible to change the security settings of them

Basically I have a list of files where I don't even have the ability to read the permissions of the object, or display the current owner of the object. I'm the administrator of the computer and even when attempting to continue with the administrator privileges I just get "You do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission settings."


I know for a fact that this file is not a system file, after all, I created it myself, and this is not the only file to randomly have a hard stop on my abilities to delete it. I just want to be able to get rid of this file without having to install linux on a flash drive and deleting it via some linux wizardry because I'm too lazy to do so at the moment.


Further, I've attempted to look online for solutions and am either getting: Install this random piece of unvetted software or do command line tricks that don't work even in administrator command prompts.


takeown /f doesn't work in an admin command prompt, icacls doesn't work either don't even have read permissions as an administrator.


"Clean booting" where I disable all non-microsoft services and Malwarebytes doesn't help either.


The only thing I have really yet to test is booting into safe mode and attempting magic there, but.... it's personally a massive pain to do that and as such I want to save it as a "last resort" that is not linux and forcefully removing the file via a separate OS.


Is there anything I can try other than the two things listed or am I stuck and have to attempt them? I've basically tried every poweruser item listed on the internet with no luck.

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Win 10 security warning - "These files might be harmful to your computer"

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern, I suggest you to follow the steps below and check.

• 
  Type user account control in the search box.
  
• 
  Click and Change User Account Control Settings.
  
• 
  Drag it down right to the bottom (according to your security), click
  ok.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Security settings

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Go to control panel then click on the Power Options.
• Click on the change plan settings.
• Select change advanced power settings.
• Change settings that are currently unavailable
• Go to require a password on wakeup and select ‘No’

Hope this information is helpful. For any further assistance on Windows, feel free to post your query on Microsoft Community Forum.

Thank you.

 

Administrator security settings keep changing

Hi Anthony,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I do appreciate your efforts and time.

What error message do you get when you try to save and sync files?

I suggest you to try the steps below and check if it helps.

• Open command prompt and type the commands below (Type it in Search or Press Windows Logo Key+X. Click on Command Prompt admin).

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

sfc /scannow

powershell

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

• Close the Command Prompt window.

Try these steps as well.

• Open the properties of the main user profile folder where the files are located (such as Documents, Pictures, etc).
  
• Go to the Security tab and click Advanced.
• Check the box at the bottom of this window. It is labeled "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object" and then click Ok.
  

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.