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Basically I want to prevent non administrator to access the whole drives.

So I right click and delete everyone and authenticated users from list of permissions

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So only system and administrators can access that. The rest cannot. The thing is I am administrator.

So why can't I?

I also set my self as owner.

Some comment says that I am showing permission for system account.

I upload another screenshot. The administrators have same permission except special permission. I don't know what special permission means

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    Your screenshot is showing the permission for System account not Administrators
    – clhy
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 3:01
  • The administrator permissions are the same. I uploaded another screen shot
    – user4951
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 6:44
  • Processes don’t have Administrator permissions unless they run Elevated. Remember UAC. So most of the time, you aren’t an Administrator. If you really need groups, create one yourself.
    – Daniel B
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 10:54
  • I am just trying to look at the content of the folder.
    – user4951
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 16:35

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how about if u can login with the local administrator and try to access it, by the way Special Permission is the permission given if u want a user to have read, write but not delete

if the above didn't work, try press the advanced tab in the bottom of the Security Window, check the owner and choose ur username in Select a user marked by red and check what is the effective access (the actual and applied permission you have on the folder)

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  • what do you mean as local administrator? Is that a special account? How do I log in as the local administrator? I
    – user4951
    Commented May 8, 2016 at 17:01
  • it means the built in administrator account, right click on this Computer then Manage then press Local Users and Groups then Users and check the built in account which is usually called administrator and it is disabled, enable it and put a password for it them log off, in the login screen in the username field put .\administrator and the password. now u logged in as administrator
    – Kareem Adel
    Commented May 9, 2016 at 4:33
  • I can access the folder now if I add authenticated user in permission. The thing is I do not want user to be able to access it simply because it is authenticated. I want only administrator to be able to access it.
    – user4951
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 7:37
  • you have to add the users u want to access the folder to the Administrators built in group, right click on this Computer then Manage then press Local Users and Groups then Groups you will find Administrators group, add the users u want to have access to the folder in it
    – Kareem Adel
    Commented May 11, 2016 at 8:02

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