Files on external drive cannot be accessed (owner + permissions hell!)

first take ownership of everything! do it in Elevated Command Prompt

Code:

TAKEOWN /F  E:\  /R  /D  Y

post back when done. errors?

of course use E instead of Q. sorry

to Cymbal Man Freq

Cymbal Man Freq said:

Speaking as a second poster in this thread.
I tried to Takeown from an Elevated Command Prompt. It gave me an error, invalid argument error/option - 'Eric
Maybe spaces should be underscores? idk
It told me to try TAKOWN /? FOR HELP, and I don't see any Y listed.
This is so DOS and most of that is before my time.

C:\Users\1 Eric Bentsen>TAKEOWN /F C:\Users\1 Eric Bentsen /R /D Y

TAKEOWN /F "C:\Users\1 Eric Bentsen" /R /D Y

this will make your current logon name the owner of "C:\Users\1 Eric Bentsen" and all files/folders below it
are you logged on as 1 Eric Bentsen ?otherwise it's stupid to do!

zapat3ro said:

I know! this is probably the messiest set of files ever

I'd like to keep full use of everything on the disc, but I seem to only have run into problems when using my mp3s on itunes, for example.

In the properties of E itself->security->add:

Authenticated Users
Users
Administrators

all with full control (temporary).

system is allready listed, let it as it is
remove CREATOR MAKER
remove EVERYONE

don't press APPLY or OK, but post screenshot

zapat3ro said:

Like this?

Kaktussoft said:

zapat3ro said:

I know! this is probably the messiest set of files ever

I'd like to keep full use of everything on the disc, but I seem to only have run into problems when using my mp3s on itunes, for example.

In the properties of E itself->security->add:

Authenticated Users
Users
Administrators

all with full control (temporary).

system is allready listed, let it as it is
remove CREATOR MAKER
remove EVERYONE

don't press APPLY or OK, but post screenshot

yes, but now change some things. (although it works with this settings as well)
i want you to make it default.... just as creating a new volume.

administrator=ful control
system=full control.

authenticated users=see attachement. sorry it's in dutch and called geverifieerde gebruikers
users=gebruikers

put checkmarks in same order as attachment

Do it from security->advanced->change
save it and click advanced again. post that screenshot

Cymbal Man Freq said:

I am logged on as that, there are no other users on the machine yet. I have a lot of permissions problems from imported folders and files. Why is it stupid? Should I do something else instead?

If you're not that user..it's stupid...now it's fine

zapat3ro said:

Ok, I got them, I think, based on the doc. Is this the way it's supposed to go?

Kaktussoft said:

zapat3ro said:

Like this?

yes, but now change some things. (although it works with this settings as well)
i want you to make it default.... just as creating a new volume.

administrator=ful control
system=full control.

authenticated users=see attachement. sorry it's in dutch and called geverifieerde gebruikers
users=gebruikers

put checkmarks in same order as attachment

Do it from security->advanced->change
save it and click advanced again. post that screenshot

autenticated users is wrong!! it shouldn't be special.
put checkmarks on item 2 ...9,11,12 only in left column.
post screnshot afterwards again