{"id":19755,"date":"2020-11-08T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T02:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=19755"},"modified":"2023-08-09T23:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:36:17","slug":"windowsapps-folder-restore-default-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windowsapps-folder-restore-default-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset WindowsApps folder Permissions to Default"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Summary:<\/strong> This article tells you how to reset the WindowsApps folder permissions (and ownership) to Windows default.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The WindowsApps folder under the Program Files folder stores the modern app packages. Each package folder under WindowsApps contains a manifest (named AppxManifest.xml) that contains a special XML namespace for packaged apps. When you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-windows-store-windows-10-uninstall-with-powershell\/\">reinstall built-in apps<\/a> using PowerShell <code>add-appxpackage<\/code> command-line, it uses the corresponding app&#8217;s package folder under WindowsApps.<\/p>\n<p>The WindowsApps folder is not browsable in File Explorer by default. This is due to tight permissions assigned to the folder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/windowsapps-permissions-1.png\" alt=\"windowsapps restore default permissions\" width=\"352\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To access this folder, many users tend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/take-ownership-of-file-or-folder\/\">take ownership<\/a> of the folder and sub-folders. Some users also change the permissions for this folder and sub-folders arbitrarily, and later observe that some of the installed Store apps fail to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/warning.png\" alt=\"warning caution icon\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><em>Even worse is that some users would reset the permissions for WindowsApps, its subfolders, and files (recursively) using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-ntfs-permissions-file-and-folder\/\">Icacls.exe reset<\/a> command-line. This is not recommended, as the WindowsApps folder doesn&#8217;t inherit any permission entries from the parent (<code>Program Files<\/code>) folder by default. Instead, this folder has very restricted permissions, including one or more conditional ACEs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cannot-delete-windowsapps-folder-on-non-system-drives\/\">Cannot Delete WindowsApps folder on Non-System Drives<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Restore the Default Permissions for WindowsApps<\/h2>\n<p>To reset the <code>WindowsApps<\/code> folder permissions to Windows default, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> Before proceeding, it&#8217;s advisable to take a complete system image backup using Macrium Reflect Free, Acronis True Image, or any other backup tool. This is because if you inadvertently assign the wrong permissions to the WindowsApps folder, it might prevent you from installing and running Store apps.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(The following fix has been tested on Windows 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-windows-10-build-version-edition-bit\/\">versions<\/a> 2004, 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Open an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">admin Command Prompt<\/a> window, and run the following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<h4>Command #1<\/h4>\n<pre>takeown \/f \"%programfiles%\\WindowsApps\"<\/pre>\n<p>You should see the following output:<\/p>\n<pre>SUCCESS: The file (or folder): \"C:\\Program Files\\WindowsApps\" now owned by user \"computer_name\\user_name\".<\/pre>\n<p><em>The above command is to take ownership of the <code>WindowsApps<\/code> folder. This is required to apply the permissions (in the next step.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Command #2<\/h4>\n<pre>cacls \"%programfiles%\\WindowsApps\" \/s:\"D:PAI(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464)(A;OICIIO;GA;;;S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464)(A;;0x1200a9;;;S-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204)(A;OICIIO;GXGR;;;S-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204)(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;OICIIO;GA;;;SY)(A;CI;0x1200a9;;;BA)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;LS)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;NS)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;RC)(XA;;0x1200a9;;;BU;(Exists WIN:\/\/SYSAPPID))\"<\/pre>\n<p>When you&#8217;re prompted with the question, <em><strong>Are you sure (Y\/N)?<\/strong><\/em> type <code>Y<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The above command-line, which consists of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/view-edit-service-permissions-windows\/\">SDDL<\/a> string, applies the Windows-default permission entries for the <code>WindowsApps<\/code> folder.\u00a0For an alternate method of the above, see <a href=\"#cacls_icacls\">cacls vs. icacls<\/a> paragraph below.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Command #3<\/h4>\n<pre>icacls \"%programfiles%\\WindowsApps\" \/setowner \"nt service\\trustedinstaller\"<\/pre>\n<p>You should see the following output:<\/p>\n<pre>processed file: WindowsApps\r\nSuccessfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files<\/pre>\n<p><em>The above command restores the <code>WindowsApps<\/code> folder&#8217;s ownership back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/take-ownership-of-file-or-folder\/#trustedinstaller\">TrustedInstaller account<\/a>, which is the factory default setting.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<p><strong>WindowsApps &#8211; Default ACL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are the default access control entries (Windows 10 v2004, 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2) for the WindowsApps folder:<\/p>\n<pre>NT SERVICE\\TrustedInstaller:(F)\r\nNT SERVICE\\TrustedInstaller:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)\r\nS-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204:(RX)\r\nS-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204:(OI)(CI)(IO)(GR,GE)\r\nNT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM:(F)\r\nNT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)\r\nBUILTIN\\Administrators:(CI)(RX)\r\nNT AUTHORITY\\LOCAL SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(RX)\r\nNT AUTHORITY\\NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(RX)\r\nNT AUTHORITY\\RESTRICTED:(OI)(CI)(RX)\r\nBUILTIN\\Users:(Rc,S,RD,REA,X,RA)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You can view the permissions for the folder by running the command <code>icacls \"c:\\program files\\windowsapps\"<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The long SIDs are the Capability SIDs built-in to Windows 10. The Capability SIDs don&#8217;t resolve to a friendly account name. For more information, check out the Microsoft article <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4502539\/some-sids-do-not-resolve-into-friendly-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Some SIDs do not resolve into friendly names<\/a>. Microsoft suggests that you DO NOT DELETE capability SIDs from either the Registry or file system permissions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Additional Information<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h3><a id=\"cacls_icacls\"><\/a>CACLS vs. ICACLS<\/h3>\n<p>The deprecated tool <code>cacls.exe<\/code> is superseded by <code>icacls.exe<\/code>. But <code>cacls.exe<\/code> still works in Windows 10. In case Microsoft removes <code>cacls.exe<\/code> in future Windows versions, you can apply the ACLs using this method as an alternative for <strong>Command #2<\/strong> above :<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Using Notepad, create a text file with the following contents:\n<pre>windowsapps\r\nD:PAI(A;;FA;;;S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464)(A;OICIIO;GA;;;S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464)(A;;0x1200a9;;;S-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204)(A;OICIIO;GXGR;;;S-1-15-3-1024-3635283841-2530182609-996808640-1887759898-3848208603-3313616867-983405619-2501854204)(A;;FA;;;SY)(A;OICIIO;GA;;;SY)(A;CI;0x1200a9;;;BA)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;LS)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;NS)(A;OICI;0x1200a9;;;RC)(XA;;0x1200a9;;;BU;(Exists WIN:\/\/SYSAPPID))<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save the file as <code>acl.txt<\/code> in a folder &#8212; e.g. <code>d:\\temp\\acl.txt<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Next, run the following command-line from an admin Command Prompt:\n<pre>icacls \"%programfiles%\" \/restore d:\\temp\\acl.txt<\/pre>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> When restoring ACL with <code>icacls.exe<\/code>, you must mention the parent folder name instead of the folder you want to apply the permissions.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-deleted-systemapps-windowsapps-packages\/\">Accidentally Deleted SystemApps, WindowsApps, or Local Packages. How to Recover?<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What about the subfolders of WindowsApps?<\/h3>\n<p>Most of the sub-folders under WindowsApps are owned by <code>SYSTEM<\/code>,\u00a0 some of them are owned by <code>Administrators<\/code>, and a couple of folders by <code>TrustedInstaller<\/code>. Here&#8217;s a listing from a Windows 10 v20H2 computer:<\/p>\n<pre>Name : 7EE7776C.LinkedInforWindows_2.1.7098.0_neutral_split.scale-100_w1wdnht996qgy\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : 7EE7776C.LinkedInforWindows_2.1.7098.0_neutral__w1wdnht996qgy\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : 7EE7776C.LinkedInforWindows_2.1.7098.0_neutral_~_w1wdnht996qgy\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : Deleted\r\nOwner : NT SERVICE\\TrustedInstaller\r\n\r\nName : DeletedAllUserPackages\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : king.com.CandyCrushFriends_1.12.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_2.2010.22653.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_2.2010.22653.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_2.2010.7621.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\r\nOwner : NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\r\n\r\nName : 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