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October 14, 2011 at 06:57 AM
slayer_

Windows 7 permissions question

by slayer_ . Updated 14 years, 5 months ago

I have Windows 7 home prem

I am noticing if a program is installed with an installer (or with Install in its title, such as with winrar archives) that the files some how get locked into permissions I cannot alter,, even with UAC turned off, even if I am the true administrator (unlocked using “net user administrator /active:yes”).
I always get permission denied on the files, but I can play with the folders ownership and permission, but the permissions won’t propagate down.

For example, I want to change the permissions for Avira to disable the notify, but I cannot. I even tried installing to a blank drive root that had everyone as full control, and even that didn’t work.

Is this some sort of block that can only be bypassed by upgrading to professional?

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