Hi, I am looking for some help with applying permissions on a very deep and complex folder structure. basically, I am trying to use Cacls to permission a top level folder and then push those permissions down through the data structure but it fails when it gets to the 255 character limit. I was wondering if anyone has a tool (ideally free) or script that can get around this problem? Any help appreciated. Thanks

Hello, That is simply because there is limitations if you exceed a certain limit for the length of folders. See that: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/53779044-d453-458b-b8c4-96d41711ea69/ So, you should keep using shorter names to be fully supported. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

Hello, That is simply because there is limitations if you exceed a certain limit for the length of folders. See that: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/53779044-d453-458b-b8c4-96d41711ea69/ So, you should keep using shorter names to be fully supported. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer Hi, I'm aware of what is causing the problem, unfortunately, I work in a large organisation where the users are not so aware but have millions of historical files and folders in their complicated data structures. My immediate issue at the moment is trying to get the permissions sorted out. Since posting this, I have tried icacls and, although not perfect, it does a better job than cacls\xcacls. It would still be interesting to see if there is another solution out