Windows 10: Everything has become read only!

Help please, my entire system has become read only. I have a boot SSD, a temp SSD and 4 HDD in a storage spaces pool.

Permissions say owner is administrators or me. I tried removing readonly attribute with diskpart and it fails.

Can anyone help me please?

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USB drive has become "read only"

USB drive has become "read only". Cannot format, delete, anything. How can I change this?

 

EVERYTHING is Read Only.

So after I booted up my computer this morning, all of my files, folders, and directories are Read Only. I have tried to uncheck the Read Only boxes, I have taken ownership of everything, and I don't have Controlled Folder Access enabled. Every time I try
and set my username folder in "C:/Users" it changes back to read only. I can't edit files ANYWHERE. Desktop is Read Only, Pictures is Read Only, Documents, Videos, the list goes on. My last resort is to use the "Fresh Start" option, although it probably won't
help. Any help is appreciated, please, I'm at my wit's end.

 

files become read only

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Do let us know the following to assist you better:

• What is the complete error message of this issue?
• Is this issue confined only to the Excel and Word files?

I suggest you to follow the below steps to provide permission to the folder and check if that helps.

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’.
  

For reference go through the below article:

"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue and required information to assist you further.