I have a baffling but also seriously troublesome issue with file permissions on Windows 10 x64.
For some time now, if I try to run any application that accesses files in my profile then I need to use “Run as Administrator” to avoid permission errors that prevent the application from working.
This is baffling because my own user is an Administrator anyway and I have checked the files/folders in question and my Effective Access is Full Control.
I’m talking about files in my C:\Users\clancy\AppData folders like Local, LocalLow and Roaming.
I have tried a number of things like changing ownership of all files in C:\Users\clancy to me and also adding myself as a Full Control user to all the folders, sub folders and files but the problem remains.
I’m not entirely sure when this issue started happening but I do recall at one point changing from logging in as a standard admin user to using a Microsoft account but that may be a red herring.
This problem causes all manner of issues with apps just trying to read or write in my own profile folders so much so that I configure every shortcut on the task bar to Run as Administrator at all times.
Can anyone suggest what might be causing this and/or a way to fix it?
I am very reluctant to reinstall Windows as I have a large number of heavily personalised applications and the time to install them all again would be in the days (time off work I can’t afford).
Thanks,
-c
@harrymc
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