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fix permissions for "You need permissions from .. to perform this action" in Windows 7
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fixperms.bat
takeown /r /d y /f *
icacls * /reset /t /c /q
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alpham8 commented Feb 12, 2017

It works nearly. For my german language set up, I need to use the localized "Y" for Yes, so in my case it was "J". Maybe it applies also to other languages.

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