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dandy7210-Oct-23 6:43

10-Oct-23 6:43

Yup, I knew about both takeown and icacls (and its predecessor cacls), but there are some (deeply embedded) folders that still don't like to be reassigned. That response on superuser.com might be using a combination of command-line args that I haven't tried - thanks for that.

RodClark11-Oct-23 0:22

RodClark

11-Oct-23 0:22

Yep, the method linked is the 'correct'/'best' method...

Takeown and then icalcs

Rod

Gerry Schmitz10-Oct-23 8:17

Gerry Schmitz

10-Oct-23 8:17

Maybe SSD's are "small" so you don't keep anything except the OS on them. I'm in awe when a product lets me install on the drive I choose.

"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

dandy7210-Oct-23 12:25

10-Oct-23 12:25

Wut?

This SSD is 2TB. It hosted both an OS (Windows 10) and Hyper-V VMs. Since each VM hosts its own OS, it makes sense to put VMs on SSD and not bulk storage disks like spinning disks.

ShawnVN11-Oct-23 6:07

ShawnVN

11-Oct-23 6:07

I too got tired of this problem and wrote a little cmd line tool for this..

GitHub - windojitsu/OwnAndResetAcl: Reclaim ownership and control of a directory tree.[^]

OwnAndResetAcl
A sanity-saving tool for dealing with those pesky "Windows.old" directories

Reclaim ownership and control of a directory tree.

Recursively takes ownership and resets the ACLs of files, directories and symbolic links.
Does NOT follow reparse-points (symlinks or junctions).
DOES reclaim ownership and restore access to symlinks and junctions.
DOES support traversing/accessing long pathnames.
DOES include hidden/system files and directories, and empty directories.
DOES NOT modify timestamp or attributes of any files/directories.

USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION: Everything in and under the target directory will be owned by the 'Builtin\Administrators' group, and have a DACL which explicitly grants Everyone full-control.

dandy7211-Oct-23 7:12

11-Oct-23 7:12

Y'know...I had actually given some thought to writing a utility or script to do exactly this, but I figured it ought to get more complex than I might have anticipated from the get-go.

Thank you very much for the link, I'll be sure to check it out as soon as time permits.

ShawnVN11-Oct-23 9:14

ShawnVN

11-Oct-23 9:14

yeah there's a lot of advice out there "just run takeown.exe and icacls.exe" but at some point, Windows.old directory structures started containing pathnames > 260 chars, and directory symlinks that loop back on themselves.. it's maddening!

further maddening, the .NET interop to call Advapi32 to enable necessary admin permissions, was extremely non-intuitive.. lots of old, bad code out there that works on x86 but not on x64 due to differences in struct-packing (member alignment)

lmk if it helps or fails in any way.. haven't tested it on Win11, yet

dandy7211-Oct-23 9:21

11-Oct-23 9:21

Quick follow-up:

I just had a quick look at the source - this is excellent stuff, my hat's off to you for putting this together. You can bet I'll be using it to clear off whatever remains on my drive.

They say necessity is the mother of invention, so I think I know exactly what you went through to convince yourself to take the time to create this project. It's short(-ish), to-the-point, and despite the technical complexities involved, is very well structured and elegant code. How do I vote a 5 on GitHub? Smile | :)

ShawnVN11-Oct-23 9:41

ShawnVN

11-Oct-23 9:41

2021 .. I credit pandemic-boredom. Smile | :)

dandy7212-Oct-23 4:04

12-Oct-23 4:04

I get that. Smile | :)

Yet it's the sort of thing that, when you need it - it's incredibly valuable.

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jmaida9-Oct-23 8:37

jmaida

9-Oct-23 8:37

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modified 9-Oct-23 20:57pm.

Analysis paralysis

honey the codewitch9-Oct-23 5:11

honey the codewitch

9-Oct-23 5:11

I'm using my SVG engine to accomplish advanced draws in my graphics library, so basically I am creating a way to build basic SVGs rather than simply parse them from XML.

My rendering engine (because it is primarily for SVG) supports skewing, scaling, rotation, multi-step gradients, stroke line dashes and caps, and a mess of other stuff. These styles can be applied to any drawing element. Trouble is making it easy to use. If you just want to draw an ellipse there's an awful lot of information as above that goes with it.

I've looked at how other libraries accomplish things like this, and I don't like it.

And yet I can't think of a better way than what's been done already, by libraries like LVGL.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm still largely in the design phase after making some foundational code preparation for the feature adds.

Analysis paralysis is pretty frustrating. I feel like I'm getting in my own way, and if I just got my mind right I could unstick myself but here I am.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Greg Utas9-Oct-23 5:29

Greg Utas

9-Oct-23 5:29

My guess is that other libraries have already gone through this, arriving at ways that you don't like, because they couldn't think of anything better either. Then again, there's a lot of crap code out there... Big Grin | :-D

When I'm unsure about a design, I just start to code, let the code speak to me, and refactor accordingly. Since you're doing a library, putting together examples of how to use it could help to keep its interface minimal yet versatile.

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Gerry Schmitz9-Oct-23 5:51

Gerry Schmitz

9-Oct-23 5:51

I keep "tossing" techniques that worked in the past thinking I can do it "in my head".

The fact is, most people can't keep track of more than 7 things at one time: that includes the names of their kids; if they have 7 or more.

Going back to "drawing pictures" always puts me back on track.

e.g. my serializer: object-> serializer -> xml -> byte array -> memory stream -> compressed stream -> file stream -> saved file.

Saved file -> file stream -> compressed stream -> etc.

Mike Hankey9-Oct-23 6:32

Mike Hankey

9-Oct-23 6:32

Gerry Schmitz wrote:
The fact is, most people can't keep track of more than 7 things at one time: that includes the names of their kids; if they have 7 or more.

My son thought his name was Jesus Christ until he was older.

Jesus Christ in or out.
etc.......

I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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MarkTJohnson9-Oct-23 8:30

MarkTJohnson

9-Oct-23 8:30

You got two kids, Bill and Russell?

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

CodeZombie6210-Oct-23 2:24

CodeZombie62

10-Oct-23 2:24

My dad was one of 14 kids (there’s only three of them left now). I have no idea how my grandparents kept track of them all. My parents only had me and my sister and there’s 13 years between us.

Amarnath S9-Oct-23 5:54

Amarnath S

9-Oct-23 5:54

Why not work on Version 1 coding (the most basic one, with none of the frills and fancies), and then continue the analysis/task of embellishing it?

honey the codewitch9-Oct-23 6:48

honey the codewitch

9-Oct-23 6:48

because I'm concerned i'll have to make breaking changes to make it actually support the stuff my rasterization engine can do

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

jschell10-Oct-23 5:07

jschell

10-Oct-23 5:07

Do you really need to have the best solution right now?

That is why one has major version releases - because the public API changes.

Is the one part that significant?

honey the codewitch10-Oct-23 5:13

honey the codewitch

10-Oct-23 5:13

I've been super good about keeping the breaking changes minimal. I've broken through the paralysis at this point anyway. Smile | :)

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

MikeCO1010-Oct-23 2:43

MikeCO10

10-Oct-23 2:43

I think a lot of us that work having the overall responsibility for a project get into overthink mode. It recently happened to me on a project where I was 'architect-pm' as well as writing parts of the code. I couldn't get clarity on transmitting workflow designs to my small team and I got hung up on a piece of my own code that was doable, but couldn't pull it together as to how I was going to do it so it would be a better mousetrap.

I decided, after spending too many hours working on stuff, to fall back to things that needed to be done, regardless of which direction it was going to go. It didn't immediately answer the open issues, but as the parts came together, it was easier to see how things could fall into place.

It also helped to have an experienced team of three to bounce ideas off of. I got several "why not do" type of responses that helped turn the light bulb in my head on brighter.

jrdickerson10-Oct-23 6:10

jrdickerson

10-Oct-23 6:10

You strike a familiar chord. I've been mentally designing a program for 10 years but still struggling with how to handle the garbage-in problem. I tell myself if I sat alone in a dark room for a few days I could figure it out.