Windows 10: Privacy settings in 1803 - Help me understand.

In Windows 1803, there are some new privacy settings, Documents, Pictures, Video and File System.

These all now have a global setting for access to said locations via apps under a heading of allow blah blah on this device.

Directly under said setting there's a global setting for apps to access blah blah.

That's one thing I don't understand. Having two settings that as far as I can tell do exactly the same thing.

Secondly, I have access to my file system on this device and all apps turned off, yet I can still copy and paste things and install things. So what exactly is being denied access here?

Please explain this to me because I'm way too stupid to understand the description in Settings.

I also have access to Calendar and Contacts turned off yet Mail and Calender work fine. It's just that now it complains that it doesn't have access to Calendar and Contacts and prompts me to change my privacy settings every time I open Calendar or Mail and I have to click 'Dismiss' on the yellow ribbon that appears at the top of the app.

Thanks.

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Windows 10 feedback privacy setting

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Thank you for posting your question in Microsoft Community.

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Windows 10 feedback, diagnostics, and privacy: FAQ


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When I upload photos or updates to Facebook, the default privacy setting is "only me".

First, I would strongly suggest filing out this report to
file a privacy issue with Facebook.

Windows Phone should use the privacy settings set on Facebook. Some steps to try to get this account back in a good state…

• Go to the
  Facebook Privacy Settings page.
• Toggle from “Friends” to “Custom” to “Public” and back again to “Friends”. The simple action of toggling the privacy settings may reset the inheritance. This may take several times for the specific settings to stick from browser and then finally sync to
  the phone.
• After each change, go to Settings > Email+Accounts, tap-and-hold Facebook and tap Sync.
  

Or, if that doesn’t work try this…

• Go to Facebook.com and log in from your PC.
• On the top-right of the page, click the downward arrow next to Home and click Account Settings.
• Click Security. Next to Secure Browsing, click Edit and deselect “Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) when possible”.Note: this is just temporary, you can change it back after you complete the rest of the steps below.
• Go to the Windows Phone on Facebook page:
  http://apps.facebook.com/7933375107/?ref=ts. Note: it will appear like an empty page, but refresh it a number of times until…
• When you go to http://facebook.com you see the “Windows Phone” app on the left-hand sidebar under APPS.
• Click the pencil icon next to “Windows Phone” and click Edit Settings. Scroll down to “Posts on your behalf” and ensure it’s set appropriately.

OR, try this:

• On your computer (not your phone), go to:
  https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=applications.
• Click "Edit" next to "Old versions of Facebook for mobile". Make sure this is set to Friends, Custom, or Public (whatever your desired privacy state is).

Let us know if this works or not.