gain Full Access rights 'C:Program FilesWindowsApps

Part 2.How to gain Full Access rights to 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps' folder.

1. Right-click on the Start button image_thumb[2][4] and choose Command Prompt (Admin).

2. At command prompt window type the following command & hit Enter.

takeown /F "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps"

• Note: The above command will assign the ownership of the folder "C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps" to the current logged on user.

3. Next give this command:

takeown /F "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /r /d y

• Note: The above command will assign the ownership of the "C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps" sub folders and files to the current logged on user.

4. Next give this command:

icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /grant Administrators:F
*Note: The above command will assign Full Control permissions to the folder "C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps" for all Administrators users.

5. Next give this command:

icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /grant Administrators:F /t
*Note: The above command will assign Full Control permissions to the folder "C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps" and its sub folders and files to all Administrators users.

6. Finally assign the ownership of "WindowsApps" folder, back to the TrustedInstaller account, which is the Default owner of the folder.

icacls "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps" /setowner "NT Service\TrustedInstaller"

7. From now on you should have full access rights to the "WindowsApps" folder!

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}