Windows 10: What Exactly Do "Read and Write" Folder Permissions Allow?

pretty much the title. taking a look at the Boot folder for example in C Drive/Windows; on my PC, Administrators and Users have permission to Read as well as Execute, but not WriteRead is pretty self explanatory; with this example, it means those in the Admin and User groups have permission to enter the folder and see the contents inside, right?but what is Write exactly? if you have permission to Write in a folder, does that allow you to freely delete any file you want? if a file has that blue/yellow shield icon next to Delete and Rename, does that mean you don't have Write permissions in th

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Default group permissions for ProgramData folder?

Here are the User permissions I have in my Windows 10 Home Explorer for Program Data:

CREATOR OWNER - Allow Special Permissions

SYSTEM - Allow Full control, Modify, Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Write

Administrators - Same as System

Users - Read & Execute, List folder contents, Read, Special Permissions

There are also default Windows 10 NTFS file permissions here:

https://winaero.com/reset-ntfs-permissions-wind...

https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/reset-ntfs-p...

https://droidrant.com/how-do-i-reset-my-permiss...

Report back results for each step so I know what else to suggest.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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How to Customize File Sharing Permissions to Create/Modify/Delete FILES... but not FOLDERS?

Hello. I need to customize a shared folder on my network so that one user (Reba) can create, append, modify, delete all FILES within that folder and subfolders... but Reba should not be able to create or delete the FOLDERS.

I've tested various configurations, and the closest I've been able to come is to create
TWO sets of Advanced permissions for Reba:

1. The first instance of Reba, is ALLOWED, applied to "This folders and subfolders,"

• Traverse folder / execute file
• List folder / read data
• Read attributes
• Read extended attributes
• Create files / write data
• Write attributes
• Write extended attributes
• Delete subfolders and files
• Read permissions

But Reba is DENIED permissions of:

• Full control
• Create folders / append data
• Delete
• Change permissions
• Take ownership

2. The second instance of Reba, is ALLOWED, applied to "Files Only:"

• Traverse folder / execute file
• List folder / read data
• Read attributes
• Read extended attributes
• Create files / write data
• Create folders / append data
• Write attributes
• Write extended attributes
• Delete subfolders and files
• Delete
• Read permissions

But Reba is DENIED permissions of:

• Full control
• Change permissions
  
• Take ownership

The above configuration does deny Reba the ability to create folders/subfolders... but ALLOWs her to delete folders (which I do NOT want her to be able to do).

 

Need help customizing file share permissions: User can manipulate FILES, but not folders.

Hello. I need to customize a shared folder on my network so that one user (Reba) can create, append, modify, delete all FILES within that folder and subfolders... but Reba should not be able to create or delete the FOLDERS.

The closest I've been able to come is to create TWO sets of Advanced permissions for Reba. When tested, this configuration (shown below) does allow Reba to manipulate files and correctly denies her the
ability to create folders/subfolders... but it incorrectly ALLOWs her to delete folders (which I do NOT want her to be able to do).

Also... I wasn't sure what to do with the options to "Only apply these permissions to objects and/or containers within this container."

1. The first instance of Reba, is ALLOWED, applied to "This folders and subfolders,"

• Traverse folder / execute file
• List folder / read data
• Read attributes
• Read extended attributes
• Create files / write data
• Write attributes
• Write extended attributes
• Delete subfolders and files
• Read permissions
  

But Reba is DENIED permissions of:

• Full control
• Create folders / append data
• Delete
• Change permissions
• Take ownership

2. The second instance of Reba, is ALLOWED, applied to "Files Only:"

• Traverse folder / execute file
• List folder / read data
• Read attributes
• Read extended attributes
• Create files / write data
• Create folders / append data
• Write attributes
• Write extended attributes
• Delete subfolders and files
• Delete
• Read permissions

But Reba is DENIED permissions of:

• Full control
• Change permissions
  
• Take ownership

Does anyone know how to fix this so that Reba is NOT able to delete folders?

Thanks!!!