Permission of a folder in Windows.old.

A lot of the children of the Packages folder seem to have errors. What's annoying is using 'TakeOwnershipEx' I can see children folders and their contents!!! @MaloK

Can you give the fully qualified path to that directory.

MaloK said:

Can you give the fully qualified path to that directory.

Sure, C:\Windows.old\Users\topvi\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftEducationEdition_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ LocalState >>> All children folders...

Try to Rename "Microsoft.MinecraftEducationEdition_8wekyb3d8bbwe" to "Minecraft", if you succeed CUT that directory and paste it it in the root of the same drive (make sure there's no other Minecraft directory there).

go to that directory and redo

Code:

takeown /R /F *

Code:

ICACLS * /T /Q /C /RESET

@MaloK, this didn’t work. Should I just access the drive from a bootable Linux installation, see if that works? How long does Windows.old stay there and are there any other fixes?

-James

Supposed to be 10 days. Yes trying a bootable solution at this point is more than a good idea... There's something damaged on your files system takeown normally works good.

I didn't read where you tried this: Instead of trying to open the file(s) still in the Windows.old have you tried to simply copy it first to your desktop, and then try to access it?

I did try it but I believe I didn't post that information. This is what happened on the attempt to do that @Bobby Phoenix


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UPDATE - 1 DAY

Thank you to the following users for help: @MaloK, @Berton; and @Ghot;. I'm currently in Linux Mint typing this message. @MaloK, since I've cut + paste the Minecraft education edition folder to the root of the drive, I can't put it back and I'm getting this error in Linux Mint:


@Berton; Have you worked this on Windows.old???

Hi James,

This is normal, every symbolic links present into those directories where broken when Windows installer moved them to Windows.old

MaloK said:

Hi James,

This is normal, every symbolic links present into those directories where broken when Windows installer moved them to Windows.old

Ok, how do I go further and get my file back and get into the folder???