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Issues with access, permissions, (empty) Start Menu items
Hi,
I'm confused. After over a month of troubleshooting my system I think I have found the problem. But I need confirmation and help with this question: Who owns drive C:?
Let me start from the beginning. About a month ago, I felt the need to do a clean install of my system running on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1. I have my drive C: and a 2 other partitions that I use for data on my main drive in the laptop. I also have external drives (2x1TB).
When I first bought my laptop I created an image after updating the OS and tweaking the users, network, etc. So I believe that this is a fairly clean image. And this is where I started my clean re-install.
After that, I began updating all the apps that is already in the "clean" image and installed the ones that I use at present. The process wasn't clean on some of the apps.
1. I couldn't update most of my apps and they report missing components or fatal failure or not authorized to this or that.
2. When I install new apps I almost always get an (empty) Start Menu|All Programs item.
I believe I've narrowed down the problem because upon inspection of my folders in the C: drive, they all have different owners and most folders in Program Files and Program Files (x86) are owned by Administrators but has no Permissions.
So I go back to my question or probably questions like, who owns C: drive and the folders inside it and are they inherited, etc.
Is there a standard template, if I can call it that, for the owners and access and permissions of folders in drive C? Is this called the ACL or Access Control List?
This is how my C:\ drive looks like
C Drive
- Owner = TrustedInstaller
- Permissions
- Administrators
- Full control
- <not inherited>
- This folder, subfolders and files
- SYSTEM
- Full control
- <not inherited>
- This folder, subfolders and files
- Users
- Read & execute
- <not inherited>
- This folder, subfolders and files
- Authenticated Users
- Special
- <not inherited>
- Subfolders and files only
- Authenticated Users
- Create folders / append data
- <not inherited>
- This folder only
- AdminUser
- Full control
- <not inherited>
- This folder, subfolders and files
- StandardUser
- Full control
- <not inherited>
- This folder, subfolders and files
Short of having to start from the very beginning of the clean install, can I fix the ownership and permissions of each folder and file in the C drive?
Thanks for the help in advance.
Cmaker3