Would you like to learn how to list permissions of files and folders using ACCESSCHK? This tutorial will show you how to install ACCESSCHK and verify the permissions of files and folders on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

Equipment list

Here you can find the list of equipment used to create this tutorial.

This link will also show the software list used to create this tutorial.

Windows Related Tutorial:

On this page, we offer quick access to a list of tutorials related to Windows.

Tutorial ACCESSCHK - List permissions

As an Administrator, start a Powershell console.

Windows 10 - powershell elevated

Create a temporary directory to store Sysinternals.

Copy to Clipboard

Download the Sysinternals application.

Copy to Clipboard

Install the Sysinternals on Windows.

Copy to Clipboard

In our example, Sysinternals was installed on the root of drive C.

Windows - Sysinternals installation

Optionally, add the directory to the PATH environment variable.

Copy to Clipboard

Congratulations! You have finished the installation of Sysinternals on Windows.

Tutorial ACCESSCHK - List permissions of files and folders

Start a command line.

Windows - Command-line prompt

List the permissions of a directory.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output.

Copy to Clipboard

In our example, We used ACCESSCHK  to list the permissions of the directory named TEST.

List the permissions of a file.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output.

Copy to Clipboard

In our example, We used ACCESSCHK  to list the permissions of the file named TEST.

List the permissions of all files in a directory.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output.

Copy to Clipboard

Optionally, display only objects that have write access.

Copy to Clipboard

Here is the command output.

Copy to Clipboard

Congratulations! You are able to list the permissions of files and directories using ACCESSCHK.