copy permissions from one folder to another folder (Windows)

There are several ways to do this:

The easiest way is to use powershell command:

get-acl \SOURCE/FOLDER | set-acl \TARGETFOLDER

1	get-acl \SOURCE/FOLDER \| set-acl \TARGETFOLDER

You can also use iCACLS to backup the permission to a file and restore it.

#backup
icacls d:data /save ntfsperms.txt
#restore
icacls d: /restore ntfsperms.txt

#backup

icacls d:data /save ntfsperms.txt

#restore

icacls d: /restore ntfsperms.txt

Note: icacls doesn’t support restore drive root permission

3 thoughts on “copy permissions from one folder to another folder (Windows)”

JACK REACHER November 29, 2017 at 9:01 am
nice article
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Jitendra Pastaria April 20, 2021 at 3:05 am
very nice but how about recursive to all sub folder
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Gota July 31, 2021 at 4:14 am
Great article, I found a tool from 2 years can do this task easily via few clicks, I use it to copy the permissions from our site(windows server 2016) to windows server 2019
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