change permissions for all files in a directory windows 10

Highlight a group or user in the permission entries and click 'Remove' to remove all permissions for that group or user. Click 'OK' to save your changes or 'Cancel' to ignore them. Accept the default permissions that the user inherits from its parent or assign permissions individually if you unchecked the inheritance box. Click 'OK' to save your changes or 'Cancel' to undo them.Ĭlick 'Add.' and select a new user or group to add permissions to the file or folder. Click 'Edit.' to modify each permission specifically for the user and file or folder you've selected. Select 'Add' or 'Remove' to assign the inherited permissions to this file or folder or choose 'Remove' to remove all permissions that were inherited. Click 'OK' to save your changes.Ĭlick to uncheck the 'Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent' box, if you are unable to change any of the 13 permission levels for the file or folder because they are all inherited from a parent folder. Select 'Edit.' to grant or deny each of the 13 permission levels: Full Control 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 Read Permissions Change Permissions Take Ownership. Click 'Change Permissions' on the Advanced Security Settings window.Ĭlick to select a user or group from the list of permission entries.

Click the 'Advanced' button on the Security tab to assign special permissions or modify permission inheritance.

Change permissions for all files in a directory windows 10