Set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders
Important: If you are not joined to a domain and you want to view the Security tab:
| 1. | Click Start, and then click Control Panel. |
| 2. | Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options. |
| 3. | Click the View tab, and then click to clear the Use simple file sharing [Recommended] check box in the Advanced settings box. |
To set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders:
| 1. | Click Start, click My Computer, and then locate the file or folder where you want to set special permissions. | ||||||
| 2. | Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. | ||||||
| 3. | Click Advanced, and then use one of the following steps:
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| 4. | In the Permissions box, click to select or click to clear the appropriate Allow or Deny check box. | ||||||
| 5. | In the Apply onto box, click the folders or subfolders where you want these permissions applied. | ||||||
| 6. | To configure security so that the subfolders and files do not inherit these permissions, click to clear the Apply these permissions to objects and/or containers within this container only check box. | ||||||
| 7. | Click OK two times, and then click OK in the Advanced Security Settings for FolderName box, where FolderName is the folder name. |
CAUTION: You can click to select the Replace
permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that
apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined
here check box. Therefore,all subfolders and files have all
their permission entries reset to the same permissions as the parent
object.If you do this, after you click Apply or OK, you cannot undo this operation if you click to clear the check boxes.