change permission on all files inside a folder or hundreds of file inside a folder

Posted: 12-26-2007, 05:38 PM
How can I change permission on all files inside a folder,
or change permissions of hundreds of files inside a folder?

I know how to change one file permission = property, security, edit, add,
advance, find now, "everyone" or some such, OK, OK, Full Control, ok, ok.

But, how to do a group of files, or every files inside a folder?

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Re: change permission on all files inside a folder or hundreds of file inside a folder
Posted: 12-28-2007, 04:21 AM

Anthony B;553848 Wrote:
> How can I change permission on all files inside a folder,
> or change permissions of hundreds of files inside a folder?
>
> I know how to change one file permission = property, security, edit,
> add,
> advance, find now, "everyone" or some such, OK, OK, Full Control, ok,
> ok.
>
> But, how to do a group of files, or every files inside a folder?
Hi Anthony,

The easiest way to do this is to add "Take Ownership" to the context
menu. It automatically includes all the subfiles and subfolders in a
folder.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...ownership.html

Shawn


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Re: change permission on all files inside a folder or hundreds offile inside a folder
Posted: 12-28-2007, 09:26 AM
Anthony B wrote:
> How can I change permission on all files inside a folder,
> or change permissions of hundreds of files inside a folder?
>
> I know how to change one file permission = property, security, edit,
> add, advance, find now, "everyone" or some such, OK, OK, Full Control,
> ok, ok.
>
> But, how to do a group of files, or every files inside a folder?
Change the permissions of the folder. Click on the "Advanced" button and
check the box th propagate the change to all files & sub folders.

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Jimmy Brush
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Re: change permission on all files inside a folder or hundreds of file inside a folder
Posted: 12-28-2007, 11:08 PM
Additionally,

you can use the icacls commmand-line utility from an elevated command
prompt. It takes a bit of getting used to its syntax, but it is very
convienent.

It is built-in to windows, here is some documentation for it:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true


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> How can I change permission on all files inside a folder,
> or change permissions of hundreds of files inside a folder?
>
> I know how to change one file permission = property, security, edit, add,
> advance, find now, "everyone" or some such, OK, OK, Full Control, ok, ok.
>
> But, how to do a group of files, or every files inside a folder?
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