Windows 7 and changing Security Permissions en masse

[Wasted]

Somehow quite a few of my mp3's have been made so i can't do anything with them as i don't have permission. Is there a way i can mass change permissions as doing it one by one will take a very long boring time.

Thanks in advance

[RicheemxX]

What kind of permissions are we talking about? I'm assuming you don't mean Windows based security permission rather some sort of DRM protection?

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Presuming that this is on a computer/share that you have administrative rights on, you could take ownership of the directory the files reside in, then assign yourself the appropriate permissions back..........






Also, I think that Rich might have added "don't" without meaning it...

[RicheemxX]

No I meant don't, I was asking if he was talking about something other than admin rights, because those typically don't "just" get applied to a few MP3's. They'd be applied to the application or the ability to delete the files.

I was guessing that given his other post about editing Mp3's they might be drm or otherwise protected

but yeah if he's talking about admin rights and some sort of windows security then yeah doing what you are saying and reassigning ownership of the folder the files are in would be the first place to start

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Ah, my brain added "than" between "rather" and "than" in your post...

Hadn't seen any other posts/threads, so was only working from what is in here...

[Wasted]

No, not DRM, the other post is unrelated. I have admin rights and i can take back ownership of the directory but it doesn't transfer to the files. I can do it one file at a time but that would take a very long time. I assume this was some sort of f**k up from transfering ownetship after a reinstall of the OS.

[RicheemxX]

Did you run through all the steps (mainly the ones in bold):

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. [B]If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Yeah..that's what I would've suggested, but wanted to check whether it was permissions based before going into it...





Also, edited post to ** out swearing..

[Wasted]

Yup, did all that and it doesn't tranafer the permissions to tbe files in the DIR below. Apolagies the OP should have been clearer.

[RicheemxX]

Hmm well exactly what are you trying to do to the files that you can't? In other words if you are perhaps wanting to delete them or move them you could try safe mode, or from the command line. But if its open, edit ect that might mean trying something else (what IDK )

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Ah... I see that the commands from Rich only got you to have *owner* rights...next you would need to ensure that you have the correct permissions on the directory/folder, then push those settings down...

In my experience, it is usually best to "OK" out of the box where you took ownership before you go back in to push the permissions down again...

[RicheemxX]

Doh, thought that was covered in step 6...it has been awhile since I had to do this one myself so I'm a bit rusty on all the steps needed.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

That sounds like it might have been due to what I'd said then - clicking "OK" to close out of the initial set of properties windows, then going back in again...

I found it better to OK and close them all down, then go back in with the 'new' owner rights, otherwise it often tends to retain the 'old' permission levels...kind of like how someone might need to log out and back in again when you change their group membership/s....

[Wasted]

I shall try when i get home and report back.

[Wasted]

I tried what you suggested but it didn't transfer permissions to the sub folders despite telling it too, so i thought balls i will start again from scratch, made sure i had ownership and then I went to security > advanced > permissions unticked "Include inheritable permissions". This cleared all permissions.

I then went back in and added myself and the system as allowed to modify then i went into security > advanced > permissions and ticked the box "Replace all child object permissions from this object".

I am now allowed to listen to my my music again

Thanks for your help chaps.

[RicheemxX]

Cool glad you got it figure out. I'll have to add this one to my check list in case I come across a similar issue.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

I tried what you suggested but it didn't transfer permissions to the sub folders despite telling it too, so i thought balls i will start again from scratch, made sure i had ownership and then I went to security > advanced > permissions unticked "Include inheritable permissions". This cleared all permissions.

I then went back in and added myself and the system as allowed to modify then i went into security > advanced > permissions and ticked the box "Replace all child object permissions from this object".

I am now allowed to listen to my my music again

Thanks for your help chaps.

Ah yes...forgot that bit... Do it automatically when I need to do it...