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Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10 (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Good luck with opening the subdirectories of C:\WindowsApps\. I ran Explorer as admin, gave myself R/W permissions, even recursively changed ownership of everything, followed all the online guides... Still denied access.

[–] applebusch 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you make a bootable linux usb drive you can do whatever you want with all windows stupid files without even having to install linux.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those're probably containerised.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Sandboxed rather than containerised I think.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

U can use proccess hacker to lauch for example total commander with SYSTEM privileges it's highest possible privilege in windows.

[–] laughterlaughter 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

it’s highest

its* ~~hightest~~ highest

[–] NegativeLookBehind 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Highest*

[–] laughterlaughter 2 points 3 months ago

Whoops! Thanks. Corrected.