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Take ownership and assign permissions in Windows
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wchown.bat
takeown /f "c:\files" /r
:: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-acl?view=powershell-7.1
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:: get permissions from a sample file
$NewAcl = Get-Acl File0.txt
:: apply those permissions to other files
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\files" -Recurse -Include "*.txt" -Force | Set-Acl -AclObject $NewAcl
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