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I've been playing with my C: drive permissions and I have managed to mess them up. Now when I log in nothing appears and I can't launch anything. I tried safe mode and the same thing happens with that.

I can't even launch cmd.exe and it says that "I don't have the permissions" even though I am the admin.

I tried to use the command prompt in repair mode but when I choose the language it says the Parameter is incorrect and then restarts.

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with AD installed on it. What should I do?

squillman
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KababChi
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You should restore your server from your latest backup.

MDMarra
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I missed the bit on "I cannot launch cmd.exe". So this is not going to help you.

you could try icacls.exe with the /reset switch from the root of c:

cd /d c:
icacls * /t/ /q /c /reset

the /t switch if for recursively change permsisions. The /q is for quiet, the /c is to continue on errors.

you may have to take ownership of the files first 

takeown /R /F *
natxo asenjo
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    /reset only removes implicit entries and replaces them with inheritable entries. It sounds like the OP broke permissions at the root of the volume, so this likely won't help. – MDMarra Jun 20 '14 at 12:41
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You could try:

  1. Boot your server off the install CD.
  2. Choose Repair.
  3. Launch a command line and try natxo asenjo's answer.

It might not help, for the reason MDMarra specified in his comment, but it's worth a try.

Katherine Villyard
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