Hi all -
Been testing some configurations of W10 by modifying Permissions, Groups, Owners, etc.
Is there a safe utility to reset all of the above back to defaults, or should I just quickly reimage with a standard W10 install?
Thanks in advance.
This one is just for resetting files/folders permissions. Registry might be more difficult. Just reimage.
Resetting NTFS files permission in Windows – Graphical Utility – lallous' lab
This resets permissions for default junctions if you've messed about taking ownership of folders that you should have left alone:
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It uses setacl.exe (built in)
Also check out a tool I sometimes use:
However for serious issues reimage as suggested.
Don't use without a backup and only apply fixes that you are sure are needed.
UVK - Ultra Virus Killer
Free version is fine. No need to upgrade to pro.
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UVK Help - System repair
Last edited by Callender; 19 Jan 2020 at 06:49. Reason: add link
my windows 10 install started exhibiting a lot of issues after some tweaking that, oddly, only seemed to get worse with in-place upgrades - i say oddly because in-place upgrades had always worked for me in the past....
the last straw was explorer freezing for a minute plus whenever i tired to install in a new program, and windows updates and defender had also become unreliable and very sluggish... sfc scans and dsim always returned no problems and virus scans always returned a clean bill of health, but my pc was a mess.
the cause, i'm pretty sure, was messing around with disabling some services coupled with changing permissions for different folders (and in a couple of cases permissions in the registry) to get my installed programs to run more effectively.
anyway, i searched everywhere for fixes, tried a gazillion, but nothing got my pc back to great working order, so i resigned myself to the fact that i would have to do a clean install which meant a lot of time, reinstalling a bunch of programs, and setting things up just right again (it's a home theater pc).
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