Admin does not have full control Programs folder. Inheritance Greyed

Its owned by trusted installer this is to stop malware and virus if you mess with permissions you can screw up bad what file do you want to change

Colin,

I agree that you need to think carefully about changing any permissions within Program files.

The simplest solution for your current task would be to copy the file you want to alter [to your Desktop or other convenient location], do the changes you want then copy it back to its original location. You should be able to use your Admin status to insist on the file change without permanently changing any permissions at all.

Denis

"Administrators" {plural} is the name of the group to which all Admin accounts belong. It is not the name of any individual user account.

You do not have two "Administrators" groups. You have two separate entries for the single "Administrators" group. Look in the Applies to column to see why [you'll also see there that System entries are similarly doubled up for that folder].

Denis

Samuria said:

Its owned by trusted installer this is to stop malware and virus if you mess with permissions you can screw up bad what file do you want to change

I'm curious, if malware has administrative privileges, then it could take ownership and do however it desires right?

zebal said:

I'm curious, if malware has administrative privileges, then it could take ownership and do however it desires right?

Yes. Your defence against this is to avoid giving malware Admin privileges.

Denis