Struggling to get a broken windows 10 machine and installation to function correctly after changing permissions and ownership of system files and folders.
Sadly there is no "FixIt" for this issue, I doubt any "FixIt"s are available for windows 10, and there is not much information out there on the topic of default windows file permissions and owners.
A solution I found:
The default owner setup in Windows 7/ 8 / 10 is to have Trusted Installer own the root partition and the System user own some of the underlying folders.
1. Give ownership of C: (and all folders inside) to TrustedInstaller
1.2 In utility, set desired permissions to apply at same time as ownerships.
2. Give ownership of Program Data, Performance Logs and Users to System user.
2.2 Restart machine and test
It's not a flawless workaround, but this fix is better than leaving the problems as they are or reinstalling with a clean install. This method will make all of your files accessible for backup and the system ready for upgrading to a newer software version.
Note: Broken programs are not expected to be fixed as the file system is too complex to repair permissions for every directory.
Fixed, as in leaving your computer booting up, running and allowing files to be accessed for backup.
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