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Without specifying the command you actually ran, based on your description you did not use the /T option that tells icacls to apply the change on all sub items/folders.
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Without specifying the command you actually ran, based on your description you did not use the /T option that tells icacls to apply the change on all sub items/folders.

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I am sorry for the omission and yes I did use the /T option
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I am sorry for the omission and yes I did use the /T option

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I am uncertain what changes you are trying to apply.<br />
<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490872(v=technet.10)" rel="ugc">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490872(v=technet.10)</a><br />
Icacls * /e /t /g:<br />
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\inheritance:e not sure it is applicable.
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I am uncertain what changes you are trying to apply.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490872(v=technet.10) [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490872(v=technet.10)]
Icacls * /e /t /g:



\inheritance:e not sure it is applicable.

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worked like a champ! thank you very much
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the icacls inheritance command does not seem to change subfolders. Does anyone know of a solution?
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the icacls inheritance command does not seem to change subfolders. Does anyone know of a solution?

icacls problem

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