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How to grant permission to users for a directory or file using command line in Windows?

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:35 pm
by RescuePC
How to grant permission to users for a directory or file using command line in Windows?

takeown /f <directory name> /r /d y

icacls <directory name>/q /c /t /grant <Users>:F

example to allow deletion of pagefile.sys if you pull the hard drive from a broken pc and attach to another computer

open CMD as administrator
takeown /f pagefile.sys
icacls pagefile.sys /grant administrators:F