Change Read/Write permissions from command line or VB script without cacls

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Published on 2013-10-29T21:40:22Z Indexed on 2013/10/29 22:00 UTC
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I need a way to automatically change the read/write permissions on a folder, on an Windows XP Embedded machine.

The XPE image I'm using doesn't have all of the standard Windows tools, and apparently cacls is one of those tools that it doesn't have.

If I simply type cacls into my command window, it tells me

'cacls' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is there a way for me to change file/folder permissions in Windows XPE without the CACLS command, or is there a way I can download a version of cacls.exe that will run on the XPE machine?

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