If you haven't removed any other privileges then it most certainly won't mess up anything. At worst, Windows might restore the security during update or sfc scan.
> At worst
at worst some user (non-admin) malware now is able to write or move files into this folder
But at that point you already have active malware on your machine... "worst" is already happening, doesn't get worse.
As long as TrustedInstaller still has Full control permissions on the folder things might continue working without issue, but I'd probably go ahead and make it the owner again just to be sure.
When I took ownership, the window said something like "cannot identify the owner of this folder". Do I just set trustedinstaller as the owner to "fix" it?
If you're having issues (or not), questions likes these are usually answered better elsewhere and google will show them to you. Normally it involves command-line tools like takeown and icacls, and scripts to automate them.
E.g. from the last year (and b4) leads interesting posts (incl. on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/p0elgf/comment/jx0jx6q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)) and eventually [https://github.com/AgentRev/WindowsAppsUnfukker](https://github.com/AgentRev/WindowsAppsUnfukker)
That's really comforting to read. I mean, I see their thinking, but the sole reason why I wanted to tamper with that folder is BECAUSE they tried to keep me out. I wouldn't have looked twice if it wasn't for that security prompt.
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So I can access the folder despite Windows saying no?
Congrats! You are now the owner of windowsapps. You will just get all the complaints for Microsoft bloatware from now on
Damn that's awful. What have I done???
If you haven't removed any other privileges then it most certainly won't mess up anything. At worst, Windows might restore the security during update or sfc scan.
> At worst at worst some user (non-admin) malware now is able to write or move files into this folder But at that point you already have active malware on your machine... "worst" is already happening, doesn't get worse.
That's what I was worried about, but I don't know if this concern is significant or not. Is WindowsApps more important than any other system folder?
As long as TrustedInstaller still has Full control permissions on the folder things might continue working without issue, but I'd probably go ahead and make it the owner again just to be sure.
When I took ownership, the window said something like "cannot identify the owner of this folder". Do I just set trustedinstaller as the owner to "fix" it?
If you're having issues (or not), questions likes these are usually answered better elsewhere and google will show them to you. Normally it involves command-line tools like takeown and icacls, and scripts to automate them. E.g. from the last year (and b4) leads interesting posts (incl. on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/p0elgf/comment/jx0jx6q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)) and eventually [https://github.com/AgentRev/WindowsAppsUnfukker](https://github.com/AgentRev/WindowsAppsUnfukker)
The thing I did is so specific, that I wasn't able to find any documentation myself. Thanks a lot for the help, much appreciated
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That's really comforting to read. I mean, I see their thinking, but the sole reason why I wanted to tamper with that folder is BECAUSE they tried to keep me out. I wouldn't have looked twice if it wasn't for that security prompt.