In the root of my drive there exists a folder called SourceControl that contains all the working copies of all my programming projects.

I would like to move the folder to my user directory (\Users\Me), but something about the permissions on the folder forbids me. I don't remember how I created the folder.

When I execute the move command:

MOVE \SourceControl \Users\Me

I receive the following error:

Access is denied.

I have resolved a similar problem in the past using the Takeown utility to assign ownership of the file to me, so I tried this command next:

TAKEOWN /F \SourceControl

It returns the following error:

ERROR: The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges
       on the file (or folder) "C:\SourceControl".

I've just learned about the Icacls utility, which can inspect and modify file permissions.

I used this command to inspect the permissions on the folder:

ICACLS \SourceControl

It produced this list:

\SourceControl BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
               BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
               BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(RX)
               NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M)
               NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)

I think this means that normal user accounts, like mine, have permission only to read and execute (RX) here, while administrator accounts have full control (F).

I used Icacls to confer full control of the directory to my user account with this command:

ICACLS \SourceControl /grant:r Me:F

The command produces this output:

processed file: \SourceControl
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

Now inspection of the permissions produces this output:

\SourceControl Domain\Me:(F)
               BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
               BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
               BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(RX)
               NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M)
               NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)

But after this the move command still fails with the same error.

Is it possible to move this folder without invoking administrator rights? If not, how should I do it as administrator?