PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find If Folder Inherits from Parent

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine if an NTFS folder inherits from its parent folder.

 How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if an NTFS folder inherits from its parent folder?

 Use the Get-NTFSAccessInheritance cmdlet provided by the NTFSSecurity module, for example:

Get-NTFSAccessInheritance -Path C:\Windows

Or if you want to query multiple folders:

dir -Recurse | Get-NTFSAccessInheritance | Where-Object { -not $_.InheritanceEnabled }