
The first step is to get one with Administrative privileges.
#OSX DCOMMANDER GRANT ACCESS TO FILESYSTEM PERMANENTLY WINDOWS#
I’m a command-line kinda guy, and thus I use the Windows Command Prompt.

You should now be able to access the files. If it asks if permissions should be assigned to all files and subfolders, say yes. In a mixed environment where you have less control over the accounts that might be attempting to access your machine you might consider selecting a different account or group such as Administrators to get permissions.Ĭlick OK and you’ll be returned to the Permissions dialog. Click on “ Everyone“, and then click on the “ Full Control” checkbox below:Ĭlick on OK. Particularly in data recovery operations, it’s also simpler to just make everything accessible to, literally, everyone. In this case “Everyone” is every account that can login to my machine, including all users and if enabled, the Guest account. I choose “Everyone” in these examples because, in my case, I control who has access to my machines and my network. In this example, I’m taking the sledgehammer approach and have typed in “Everyone” – click Check Names and it’ll become underlined indicating that it’s valid. On the next dialog press “Add”, and you’ll be presented with something like this: That’s often where recovery efforts are stymied.Ĭlick the Edit button – note that it has the shield icon indicating that Administrative access is required – you must be administrator and depending on your UAC settings you may be prompted after clicking. It’s those users or groups that have permission, not you. Those are typically the id numbers of users or groups from the machine on which the drive was originally installed on. If you’re having problems, it’s not uncommon to find odd entries in the “Groups or user names” field. (In the example above I right clicked on a folder called “drivers” to get this dialog.) The “Windows Way” is to locate the folder in Windows File Explorer, right click on the folder containing the files you want to access, and click on properties. That’ll take you to the properties dialog:
