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<p>When you try to change the NTFS permissions on a Windows folder you might see that all of the security aspects are grayed out. When you try to propagate permissions from a parent folder, you might receive Access Denied error message.</p>
<p><strong>&#8216;Inherit from parent&#8217;</strong> option in the Advanced Security settings is also grayed out, so there&#8217;s not much you can do to change the permissions for the folder.</p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;">Solution:</span></p>
<p>Go to:</p>
<p><strong> Security | Advanced | Owner | Edit</strong></p>
<p>Select your username or Administrators group and check the:</p>
<p><strong>&#8216;Replace owner on subcontainers and objects&#8217;</strong> checkbox and click OK.</p>
<p>Once you take the ownership of the folder, close all open window properties for the folder and open properties again and you should be able to change permissions.</p>
<p>Remember not to give the <b>FULL Control</b> permission for any user or group that really doesn&#8217;t need that kind of permissions, as then your users can make security changes to the folder.</p>
<p>In most cases <b>MODIFY</b> permissions are sufficient.</p>

NTFS Security Permissions grayed out
