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Need help restoring permissions to folder and all sub directories

Have  a folder called 2012.  Someone modified the permissions and gave ownership to all sub folders and files to someone that is no longer employed.  Problem is I deleted the user from AD.  I gave permissions to administrators on the root and then added System and Domain admins back to full control and then tried to replicate to all child objects (There are a ton of files and folders) Problem is I get an access denied because there is no owner on any of the folders and files below because it was deleted from AD.  Is there a way to change those permissions without having to touch each and every file/folder etc from top to bottom.  That could take days!

Server is 2008 R2   I am hoping someone has a magic tool or a wand.
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Do you have a server backup with Backup Exec? If so, you can restore the directory and subdirectories and re-apply original permissions (to whatever state they were when the backup was taken).
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I tried to restore the backup.  Problem is they only backed up the Data drive not the OS.  And since the User is no longer there it doesn't care.  However I restore it the permissions are the same on the backup as they are now.  I just need to change each owner on all the files and folders.  Because the Owner no longer exists in AD.
When you make the permissions changes at the top level directory, have you tried checking the box to apply to all subdirectories? or am I misunderstanding what you want to accomplish?
Yes thats what I try.  And when I do that.  All the files and folders start coming up access denied (This is when its attempting to change the permissions)  Mainly I believe because none of the files or folders have an"owner"
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What I did corrected the issue.   dalberson pointed me there by asking me questions!