Remove padlock icons from the folder in windows 7

**Heraclio** · 23-12-2009

Hi. Well I have been using a dell desktop machine with windows 7 installed as the operating system in it. The problem is that as I have installed windows 7 the folders shows padlock icons and I do not want that. I want to remove the padlock icons from the folders. Please help me out and give me a solution in making the things possible. Thank you.

**Devasis** · 23-12-2009

Windows 7 has basically this feature embedded in it and it is not the external implementation of the folder settings. This is that the padlock icons are by default associated under windows 7. There is nothing as such through which you can remove the application that the icons as the cache or the software through which it is been installed. The other possibility that you can do is by removing the .dll that is data link layer files related to the icon.

**Solomon** · 23-12-2009

There is a way through which you can disable the padlock icons from the system. This is basically associated with the ownership policy of the operating system. All you need to do is to revoke the ownership policy of the user account through which it is been activated and then apply the modifications that has been done. This would make the things to happen in your favor then.

**MrChris-** · 23-12-2009

As you need to remove the padlock icons there is a solution for the same by following certain procedures as follows:

1) Go to the folder that has the icon and right click on it.
2) Then choose properties option.
3) Under security go to the advanced tab.
4) Go to the owner and then edit the details.
5) Then select the other user group.
6) Now mention your user name account.
7) Match the name and then click ok.

This shall help.

**Calvin K** · 23-12-2009

You can do one thing uninstall the pack or use the backup utility operating system of windows 7 that is windows xp as the software to access or run programs. This would not allow you to view padlock icons. As windows xp do not have such icons by default. Windows 7 possess such icons as default. So it is not possible to remove them. Unless any software tool can make the thing to do so.

**Lillebror** · 23-12-2009

Its is possible to make the changes by doing certain steps as follows:

* Go to the Top level folders properties.
* Then to the security tab.
* Go to advanced option.
* Then select the Change permissions.
* Check the Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions of object.

This shall help you out.