Windows 10: How do I gain back "permissions" on my computer?

I believe that my computer has been accessed and is running on a virtual machine or something of the sort. Knowing very little about this world I have attempted to do what I can in searching online however i am at a loss. I am uneasy to delete anything or type in the wrong information in the Command Prompt or Power Shell and delete anything that may be detrimental to my lap top. Any information or help would be greatly appreciated! I am happy to answer any questions you may have to provide the information needed to solve this. Thank you!

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No permissions

Hi,

I would suggest you to right click on the user's folder for your profile and check if the permissions shows as "read only'. If this is the case, it might be causing the issue. In this case, I would suggest you to go to C:\User folder, right click on the
folder with your username and follow these steps:

• 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.
  

This does a one-time action that replaces the security on all the files/subfolders. It’s one-time, so you won’t find that box checked if you peek at it later. Try these steps and let us know the results for further assistance.

 

unable to gain ownership of folder

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

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

• Right click on the folder and select
  Properties.
• Click on Advanced button.
• Click on Edit button. Click ok to confirm UAC elevation request.
• Select user/group from permission windows or click
  Add to add other user or group.
• Now under Permission section check the rights which you want to grant i.e. check “Full Control” under the “Allow” column to assign full access rights control permissions. (Generally we add ‘Everyone’ to give permission to all
  the users on the computer).
• Edit the permission to Full Control for ‘Everyone’.
• Click OK for changes to take effect and click ok again to exit from Properties window.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Gaining permission to WD hard drive

Tried this and it just takes me to


same when I click