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windows 10 marks directories as "read only" and i am unable to change
this happened today. I cannot save some files from a program I am using very easily as well.
prior to this, I had changed permissions from a system file from "trusted installer" to myself as the administrator, which I also added to the separate administrators group.
i removed registry keys related to a program i had problems with.
mcafee detected a Trojan from a few days ago with no clear instructions on how to remove it. i probably got it from a website.
mcafee also said something recently was detected. also downloaded a PUP and let it install thinking it was another program, but it wasn't. the installation was fishy as it didn't show anything in the installation screen. but next, and cancel or something like that. nothing ran afterwards visibly. i ran mcafee but it didn't seem to find anything new. running other programs now. only thing is that i had changed power settings to turn off the screen before the system went into sleep mode, and turn on the screen saver, and it got stuck in lock screen before i restarted. i don't know which thing made my system the way it is now. Microsoft says it might be virus. but i know i need to find the fix. this read only issue is all over the internet with no solution listed. will changing the system directory back to "trusted installer" work? will turning off "administrator" which is also active right now? will removing my current administrator account from the administrator group work?
basically it is that if i try to write some files to desktop or other drive, i can't in a certain way. if i right click on those folders, they are read only, though my account as administrator has all privileges but special. if i uncheck read only, it is still read only when i open it again.
I don't really know why it is checking everything as read only. someone at Microsoft says it is probably a virus, but this issue has been reported by many using Windows 10 who had updated it with no clear solution.
-some try to use "take ownership"
-some try "marking directories as "everyone as owner"
-some try making "home user" or something
-some do something in registry to adjust it. I forget what exactly that is UAC or something?:
I did not try to disable user account control...... somebody said that worked.. link says it is not a good idea.
Last edited by JoshuaM; 08 Sep 2016 at 14:05.