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Lesson 6/8 Debugging and repairing file permissions on a Windows file server

Name: Debugging and repairing file permissions on a Windows file server
Uploaded: 2025-08-08
Description: Unblock and repair the permissions on a share when nobody can reach their folder any more.

Find out how to analyse, repair and restore file permissions on a Windows server. This video guides administrators through takeown and icacls, and through using PowerShell to find and handle open files, fix ACLs and re-establish inheritance.