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I have Windows 10 Pro. I can alter the permissions for anything. If I wanted to, I could delete System32 and fuck the whole thing up.
Can you delete Xbox games installed by another administrator? I ran into that problem a few years ago because I reinstalled W10 and had it keep "personal files" which apparently included my Xbox games. I couldn't touch them at all, but I had W10 Home. I wonder if my problem could've been mitigated more easily than a full wipe of the drive? ๐ค
I'm pretty sure I can. It just takes a little more effort actually going into the permissions tab of the files because Windows doesn't have an equivalent to CHMOD AFAIK.
Though, I am pretty sure you can do those basic permission options without Pro or Enterprise. You just need to be on an administrator account. Other things, like messing with actual system files, requires the Group Policy Editor.
On any Windows system based on the NT kernel (XP+), there's an additional access level above "Administrator":
NT Authority\SYSTEM
. Some malware can make files hidden or write protected even to Administrator, and afaik there isn't a legitimate way to obtain that authorityI do see the system level authority in the permissions tab; but IDK if that's just because I am on pro or not ๐คทโโ๏ธ