File/Folder Permissions Auditor - Find out who and what has permission to files and/or folders


Description:
File/Folder Permissions Auditor gives you clear visibility into who has access to files and folders on your computer or network. It reads the NTFS permissions (access control lists) for a location you choose and builds a list of every account and the rights it holds — such as Full Control, Modify, Read, Read & Execute, Write and Synchronize.

You can scan folders only or both files and folders, and limit how many directory levels deep the scan goes so a large tree doesn’t take longer than you need. Results can be shown live in an interactive Tree View — click any item to see its accounts and permissions in the File Details grid — or simply collected for export. You can narrow results with an account filter, a permission filter, or both, and re-apply those filters without re-scanning. The tool is built to handle long file paths and large amounts of data, and it can export the results to text, CSV, or an encrypted program-data file for safe sharing and later review.

How to use:
1. In Scan Options, click Browse… to pick the folder you want to audit (or type the path into the box).

2. Tick Scan Folders Only to look at folder permissions alone, or leave it unticked to include files as well.

3. Choose how deep to scan from the Search … directory level(s) from root/base folder list — pick Unlimited for the whole tree, or a number (1–50) to stop at that depth.

4. (Optional) Tick Display results in Tree View to build a browsable tree as it scans. This is great for exploring results, but it takes longer on large scans; leave it unticked if you only need to export the data.

5. Click Scan to begin. The Status area shows progress, and you can click Cancel at any time to stop.

6. If you built a Tree View, click any file or folder to see the accounts and their permissions listed in the File Details grid on the right.

Filtering results

To narrow what is shown, use Filter by Account to match an account or group name and/or Filter by Permission to match a specific right (FullControl, Modify, Read, ReadAndExecute, Synchronize or Write), then click Apply Filters. The filters re-evaluate the already-scanned data, so you can slice the results different ways without running the scan again.




Export Options

When the scan is finished, use the File menu to save your results. Under Export you can save To Text file, To CSV (path, account and permission per row), or As program data — an encrypted .fps file that can only be opened by the auditor program or its viewer, which is ideal for sharing sensitive permission data securely. Under Import you can reopen a saved .fps program-data file to view it again.




Use the File > Convert menu to turn a saved .fps program-data file into a plain Text or CSV file when you need to share or analyse it outside the auditor.