Windows 10: Windows Setting Read Only On Everything Constantly

Discus and support Windows Setting Read Only On Everything Constantly in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I've had a reoccurring problem for the past few years where all of my files and folders except for the ones under documents, downloads, etc. are set to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Arashi Nakamura, Dec 2, 2022.

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    Windows Setting Read Only On Everything Constantly


    I've had a reoccurring problem for the past few years where all of my files and folders except for the ones under documents, downloads, etc. are set to read only. Every time I try to disable read only from any folder or file, windows will pretend to disable read only, and then as soon as I look at any file or folder properties, it is still set as read only. To make things easier I'll list things I've tried with little success over the years. I did all of these as admin: - I set the owner of all the read only files/folder/drives except for the literal OS files to my user account and gave my

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    Arashi Nakamura, Dec 2, 2022
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