Okay, I have an old problem that spans several windows versions, Ive had this harddrive for a while.
Im on windows 10 and this harddrive has files on it in a specific folder. In this folder there are subfolders. And in these subfolders more subfolders and files.
Whenever I try to change anything about this folder, including adding new folders, moving or deleting, it tells me I dont have permissions. I am administrator and the only user on this PC. I tell it to "Continue" with the blue&yellow shield icon, but it says I "need permission from x". When i try to uncheck "read only" from the folder settings, it tells me "access denied" for every single subfolder.
Now, X is an elusive fellow. His actual name is a long string of numbers. But he owns the folder, every single subfolder and file in it. I assume he's an earlier version of my account from earlier windows installations when I hadnt linked up to my microsoft account yet.
I managed change the owner of the folder to "everyone" and delete the elusive Mr.X, then grant "everyone" all rights and permissions to the folder but I still cant modify any subfolders because they still belong to Mr. X. The result is that now says i "need permission from everyone." whenever I try to modify or move a superfolder.
What I can do is go to the lowest level of each file, change the owner to everyone, grant all permissions to everyone, then delete or move the file, then move one level up and do it again. That would be THOUSANDS of objects.
Trying to solve this with the "inheritance" setting in "advanced security settings" just creates more confusion. i dont even know what that is and if it should be enabled or disabled. In some cases, this created a new user called "CREATOR OWNER"
Now my question is: WTF is going on and how do i fix it?

>nobody wants to do darkdrift knight even without a remembrance
JFC I cant do this solo.