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Equivalent of chmod to change file permissions in Windows

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026567631 views
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Is there any Windows equivalent of Linux's to change the permissions of a file?

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chmod

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Fix for: Equivalent of chmod to change file permissions in Windows

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Greg mentions - but isn't anywhere close to - can set Read-only/Hidden attributes of a single file - it doesn't provide fine-grained controls like does. sets/resets the access control lists, so you can grant/deny rights for individual SIDs & groups. It is fairly complicated though. Here's an example I have saved in my github gist; it resets the ownership and access control list for all files in a folder and is particularly useful to fix those annoying "You need permissions from .. to perform th…

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