Windows 10: File permissions issue for files downloaded from internet / synchronized by OneDrive

I am trying to backup several different Windows computers to a single Windows computer by sharing the drives of the target computers and accessing them from the backup computer. But I am running into a file access permission issue. Setup:The target computers have a Windows administrator account which was created as a local account and then converted by signing in with a Microsoft account.This administrator account is part of the administrator group.The D drive of target computer is shared with this Administrator account with read only permission so that the backup computer can use the tar

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File permissions issue for files downloaded from internet / synchronized by OneDrive

I am trying to backup several different Windows computers to a single Windows computer by sharing the drives of the target computers and accessing them from the backup computer. But I am running into a file access permission issue.



Setup:

The target computers have a Windows administrator account which was created as a local account and then converted by signing in with a Microsoft account.

This administrator account is part of the administrator group.





The D drive of target computer is shared with this Administrator account with read only permission so that the backup computer can use the target computer's administrator account credentials to read files to backup. [*** Email address is removed for privacy *** in the below image is the same administrator account shown above]







For any file created on the local computer the security permissions are :







For any file downloaded by OneDrive or from the internet the file security permissions are different as :





Backup computer:

Windows 10

Local administrator account

No Microsoft Account

No OneDrive

No AzureAD account

Target computer:

Windows 11

Local administrator account converted to Microsoft-account-sign-in administrator account.

D drive shared with above administrator account with read only permission.

Users have an AzureAD joined account but this is not used for sharing and backup.

The target computers have OneDrive on them. The computers are connected over VPN.

Problem:

The files downloaded by users from the internet or synchronized by OneDrive to target computers have different permissions than all other files created on the local computer. Even though the Administrator group is appearing in both cases, the files downloaded from internet / OneDrive are not accessible to backup computer with administrator account credentials when browsing the network folder. All other files are accessible and being backed up.

Requested result:

How can I access the files from backup computer so that they can be backed up?



Work around:

For a downloaded file I can inherit the permissions from the folder that it belongs to but this needs to be done every time a file is downloaded on any target computer by any user.



Actions tried:

I tried giving full permissions to the administrator account, but that did not help.

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File permissions issue for files downloaded from internet / synchronized by OneDrive

Hi Ronak Dhakan



Greetings!



Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.



We understand that this situation is difficult, and it might be affecting your business let’s work on this together as team to get to the bottom of this.





For me to better understand the issue, I’d like to ask a few questions:

1. What kind of OneDrive you're using right now? is OneDrive for Personal or Business?
   
2. You mentioned that one of the device is connected to a VPN, have you tried disconnecting it and connect to a local connection and see if it will allow you to access the backup computer?
   

Please allow me to consult your case to our internal teams for their suggestions and recommendations about the issue and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

We look forward to your reply.



Sincerely



Microsoft Forum Moderator

 

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