How to Deny/Acces all permissions of a folder with command prompt (DOS)

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Now day we save many of our personal things in computer Like photos, videos etc. We don’t willing to share some thing With parents or anyone else

Today I will teach this trick that help you to protect your

Personal content

Because now a days mostly everyone knows How to show hidden folders in PC.

Learn How to deny all permissions of a folder.

Step 1: Open Windows Command Prompt.

Step 2: Change directory to target folder.

(If target folder is at Desktop, type cd Desktop)

Step 3: type cacls folder_name /e /p everyone:n

Congratulations…!!!

All permissions of that folder has been denied.

Here I am giving an example.

There is a folder in G: drive named “TEST”.

Open command prompt and type G: to change directory to G drive.

Now type cacls Personal /e /p everyone:n

You will get a command- processed dir: E:TEST

Now click on TEST folder.

We get a popup saying you don’t currently have permission to access this folder.

Now you can’t open this folder, can’t delete/copy/move/rename.

If you click on continue.

Now what? Surely your parents will click on close. (I assume they don’t know how to change permissions of a folder).

Congratulations…!!!

Your content in this folder is safe now.

Step 4: How to gain permissions again.

This time type cacls Personal /e /p everyone:f

Now you have got all permissions of this folder. You can open this folder (when no one is at home :p)

Understand these commands-

cd- Change Directory

cacls- Change Access Control Lists

/e- edit

/p- permissions

everyone- every user

f-full

n-none

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