Set the owner of directories and files recursively

If your user account cannot access certain folders or files, you can recursively set the owner.

• Open a PowerShell terminal with admin rights

• To set the owner to a specific user account

icacls "C:\THE_TOP_DIRECTORY" /inheritance:e /grant "MY_USER_NAME:(OI)(CI)F" /T

• To use the owner of the parent directory

icacls "C:\THE_TOP_DIRECTORY" /reset /T