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Screwed up File Permission - Windows Repair
Dundalis:
So I've screwed up my file permissions by taking random web advice to click on my C:\Users folder and do replace all child object permissions in advanced security settings, in order to properly see my user folder on my wifi network. Now the start bar doesn't work, and a bunch of programs won't function correctly if they need to write/save to folders. Whats my best bet to fix this mess? I'm thinking trying the Windows Repair program, if I was to use that, what things do I need to do (checkboxes etc). Or do I need to reinstall Windows completely? Note while I'm semi competent, I'm certainly no IT person, so newb jargon would be most helpful.
I have the Windows Repair program and all I've done so far is the pre-scan which brought up 42 missing default reparse points which are mostly things in the C:\Users folder. Haven't done repairs yet, as I'm hesitant to do anything to further screw up my PC.
Boggin:
Over how long a period have you been doing this as your restore points could come to your rescue.
While the program auto creates a registry backup, you can do that manually, but I always prefer to create a system image before running any program like Windows Repair.
The Reparse Point repair isn't harmful so you can go ahead with that and you can choose which repairs you want to run in the program.
You could try with just the Permissions repairs first to see if that does it.
Dundalis:
It only happened last night. I checked and I have a restore point from last week. Trying to restore came up with an error about not being able to access a file and potentially antivirus causing issues, so I disabled malwarebytes and then it worked. However the start bar and most apps still don't work. In terms of the repairs with the Windows Repair program, is it just any item with permissions mentioned in it I need to flag?
Boggin:
No, it will just work its way through them as far as I know when you select the Permissions repairs.
It's Shane's program so I don't know the nitty gritty of it.
Dundalis:
--- Quote from: Boggin on June 12, 2017, 03:56:24 pm ---No, it will just work its way through them as far as I know when you select the Permissions repairs.
It's Shane's program so I don't know the nitty gritty of it.
--- End quote ---
Ok. I don't want to mess with anything I don't need to, so if I don't have to flag all the items in the repair program, I'd rather not and just select the ones that will fix my issue, having read other posts about using the program and potentially running into other problems (I know it's mentioned to do a backup, but in case it's not an apparent issue I don't notice for another 2 months or something). Hopefully he can assist then if he sees this thread, since he seems to have blocked any PM's.
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