How do I add permissions via command line for "everyone" on external HDD

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00:00 How Do I Add Permissions Via Command Line For &Quot;Everyone&Quot; On External Hdd
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Use takeown to take ownership of the file

takeown /r /d y /f *

^ Recursively takes ownership of all files without prompting "are you sure".

Follow it up with icacls set the access control list

icacls * /t  /grant Everyone:F

This will recursively grant Full access to user group "Everyone" to all files in the folder.

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This set owner of folder or file to group "Everyone" command works on windows 7 and above:

icacls "full path of file with file extension" /setowner "Everyone" /T /C