Windows 10: Took ownership but cannot make changes to WindowsApp folder

Discus and support Took ownership but cannot make changes to WindowsApp folder in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi Guys, I'm hoping someone can give me a hand getting this to work, I really don't like how MS handles this. I'm using the Xbox Game Pass on Windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by AnalogChaos, Feb 8, 2021.

  1. Took ownership but cannot make changes to WindowsApp folder


    Hi Guys,


    I'm hoping someone can give me a hand getting this to work, I really don't like how MS handles this. I'm using the Xbox Game Pass on Windows which, unfortunately, locks your games away in the dreadful WindowsApps folder. I would like to install some mods in some of my games but I can't do this without access to their directories.


    I have tried doing the Take Ownership registry hack and used it to take ownership of the folder. This lets me browse the folder but I can't actually add or remove files to them. When I try to add files it says the disk is full, all the folders are set as read-only but when I try to change this it says I do not have permission.


    Is there a solution for this?


    Thank you kindly in advance.

    :)
     
    AnalogChaos, Feb 8, 2021
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  2. WindowsApps folder ownership

    Hello,

    As I know, the default owner for WindowsApps folder is TrustedInstaller. You can try restoring ownership to TrustedInstaller, refer first reply here for the required steps:

    Restore WindowsApps permissionss to TrustedInstaller

    Hope this helps!
     
    Kapil Arya MVP, Feb 8, 2021
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  3. dehandl Win User
    WindowsApps folder ownership

    If you change ownership on the WindowsApps folder, how do you change it back to the original owner?
     
    dehandl, Feb 8, 2021
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  4. Took ownership but cannot make changes to WindowsApp folder

    Permission/Ownership Issues WindowsApps Folders...

    I have been tearing what little hair I have left out of my head trying to copy a file from my desktop to the appropriate folder in the Kodi folder buried in the XBMC… folder in Windowsapps in a brand-new fairly high-end laptop running Windows 10 Pro. I cannot get beyond first what appears to be a UAC “Destination Folder Access Denied” error message saying “You’ll need to provide administrative permission to copy to this folder.” If I click on the UAC “continue” button I get another “Destination Folder Access Denied” error box saying “You need permission to perform this action.” The second error box has only “Try Again” and “Cancel” buttons. Nothing is listed under “More details” in either error box.

    Here is most of what I have tried:


    1. changing ownership of Windowsapps and all folders below it to my Microsoft account user and granting full-control permissions to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
    2. changing ownership to administrators group for Windowsapps and all folders below it and granting full-control permissions to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
    3. enabling the “hidden” administrator account, going back to my Microsoft user account and granting full-control rights to the administrator account, returning to the administrator account, taking control with that account, granting full control permission to Windowsapps and all folders below it;
    4. creating a new administrator account and repeating 3;
    5. completely disabling UAC through the registry, once in the default administrator account and once in my Microsoft account user.
    6. adding and using the “Take Ownership” context option on a Windowsapps folder as described in the Tutorial at Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10 ; and
    7. running the following commands in an administrator command window:

    Code:
    as suggested at: Permission/Ownership Issues WindowsApps Folders... - Windows 10 Forums
    In fact, even if I do an explicit copy from an administrator command window, I get an “access is denied” notice.

    None of the many sources I have looked at online are of any help in dealing with this blockage. Please help — not only do I need to get full-control access to Windowsapps and its subfolders for this purpose, I also need to get full-control permission to Windowsapps folders in order to get rid of an annoying McAffee startup.exe which pops an error box on every boot up even though I removed McAffee in the normal way.

    How can I get assured access to Windowsapps folders???
     
    jedpaquette, Feb 8, 2021
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