Add User account to folder
Trying to add a user account to a folder's permissions list. In Windows 7, UAC turned on perform the following:
Right-click on the folder, select Properties and go to the Security tab
In the "Group or user names" section there is a button called "Edit..." with a shield icon, click on it.
The "Permissions for <folder name>" dialog opens, in the "Group or user names" section the "Add.." button is disabled and there is no way, that I can find to enable it. How do I enable the "Add..." button?
March 27th, 2010 2:54am
Do you have admin privilege on this box?
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March 27th, 2010 7:06am
Hi,
This issue can occur if your current user account does not have enough permission to modify the folder's settings or the folder is protected. Is a folder a general folder or a folder in system drive?
At this stage, I suggest you login on the machine with a administrator privilege account and take ownership of the root folder of the problematic folder. After that, you can add your current user account to the folder permission's group.
Note: If you current account is already the administrator, please try to access the root folder and manually take ownership of driver permission.
For more information, please refer to the link below:
How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders
Thanks,
Novak
March 29th, 2010 9:47am