Error encountered while attempting to modify file permissions.
Error encountered while attempting to modify file permissions.
The file isn't a directory, so no checkbox will show up. Confirm you're using the Administrator account—either the actual admin account or the "Administrator" label. If not, update the owner to your current account. After completion, click add, input your username, and choose full control. You'll have the ability to delete it later. EDIT: It should display this way once permissions are set correctly.
Well, that's done. Appreciate it! This seems clear to seasoned mages, yet confusing for newcomers like myself.
The message was probably telling you the CMD prompt wasn't elevated, not that you didn't have administrative permissions. You'd need to right click on CMD and select "run as administrator" to get round that message. There's a built in Administrator account on all Windows PCs, called "Administrator". By default it's disabled and not actively used to login. There's also a group called "Administrators" which your account will be a member of, which grants administrative privileges, but it is different from the user "Administrator". What you were doing before was assigning the specific user "Administrator" ownership, which had no affect on your user account.