Xshell Sessions Files set to ‘Read-Only’ After Upgrading to Windows 10

This is an issue with Windows 10. You may have trouble saving changes to your Xshell session files because you do not have permission to write.

To fix this issue, you must grant yourself full control over your C:\Users folder. We have outlined a few of the solutions below.


Please keep in mind that these are not official solutions provided by Microsoft, and this issue has yet to be addressed by Microsoft. There does not seem to be a “one-solution-fits-all” for this issue as of now.


Option A:

  1. Right click your C:\Users folder and click Properties

  2. Navigate to the Security tab and click Advanced

  3. Make sure your user account is listed under ‘Permission entries:’ and has ‘Full Control’ permissions

  4. If not, click Change permissions and add your user account

  5. Check the “Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object” box


Option B:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel > Network and Internet > HomeGroup

  2. Join an existing HomeGroup or create a HomeGroup


Option C: (If Logged into Windows 10 using cloud based Microsoft Account)

  1. Right click your C:\Users folder and click Properties

  2. Navigate to the Security tab and click Edit

  3. Click Add and then click Advanced

  4. Click Find Now to populate the search results with a list of available users

  5. Locate your Microsoft Account and click OK and OK again

  6. Give ‘Full Control’ permissions to the account and click Apply


If none of these options resolves the issue, we suggest contacting Microsoft Support to see if they can help resolve the problem.