How to Reset Permissions on Folders in Windows Vista

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I'm running Windows Vista, which is installed on my primary drive.

I have a second hard drive installed, which used to host my Windows XP install, and I'm trying to delete the Documents folder, but I don't have permissions to do so.

Is there a way I can reset the permissions on all subfolders of my second drive?

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You'll have to "take ownership", here's a tutorial:

Add "Take Ownership" to Explorer Right-Click Menu in Win 7 or Vista

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Run this command to navigate to the drive letter, example is D

D:

To reset all permissions, run this command

icacls * /reset /t /c /q

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/reset
    replaces ACLs with default inherited ACLs for all matching files.

/t indicates that this operation is performed on all matching
    files/directories below the directories specified in the name.

/c indicates that this operation will continue on all file errors.
    Error messages will still be displayed.

/q indicates that icacls should supress success messages.

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