Windows 10: Windows 10 not allowing save to certain folders in admin account

You can still use the icacls command to reset/restore your permissions. In my case it appears that when OneDrive fires up it goes out and resets permissions for the folders that were shared through the HomeGroup setting I mentioned above. Once I removed those folders from being shared in the dialog, OneDrive left the folders alone.

I know that is is strange the OneDrive would care about HomeGroup folders but it sure seems to.

 

this is an extract from another place in this forum, (actually the content of a .reg file, credits for the creator are in the file) to add "Take Ownership" to the context menu and from there walk through all the folders that won't let you in, takes a while (about 1.5 hrs for my 250 GB of Data) but after that you're done and it won't reset at restart:

Save this a .reg file, then run it
;********************************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Windows 10 Forums
; Tutorial: Take Ownership - Add to Context Menu in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause"


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" /r /d y && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" /r /d y && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause"


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause"


[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" /r /d y && icacls "%1" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f "%1" /r /d y && icacls "%1" /grant

;************************
after that walk down the folder list

have fun (and thanks Shawn, worked like a charm)

 

Is setting the owner to a specific user better than setting the owner to "Users"?