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Program Data folder admin permissions corrupted - Help please!
Okay, press restart button while holding shift, then chose troubleshoot-->more options-->command prompt, type notepad-->open, go to your disk letter\Windows\System32\ and then replace sethc with cmd. Now reboot and on the login screen press shift 5 times. Now type again notepad-->open-->this pc-->your disk. Press right mouse button-->features-->security-->change. Now find users and set for them full permissions. If buttons are gray, then press advanced instead of change, and set the owner to SYSTEM instead of TrustedInstaller. Should work.
Hi Alex,
many thanks for this but can you expand your instructions please? I still have my User ID password which is an Administrator level user account and on most folders the permissions are fine, its just SOME of the ones in ProgramData\Dell that seem to be authenticated users only... the sethc change to cmd seems to be for forgotten admin passwords with Local accounts? How do I just look at the current permissions please and see if more than the ProgramData\Dell folder has changed? Thanks!
Hello. Sorry for not seeing your reply earlier. To see your permissions, log into your account-->explorer-->right click on that folder-->features-->security and there just click on the "administrators" group to watch where are checkmarks settled. That should be it. If this will not going to work, then you're screwed by the Dell, windows or bios.
