is there a quick way to change the permissions on about
700 folders other than one at a time.
As long as they are in a "tree" just go to the top
and propagate permission with either Explorer
or command line Cacls.exe (Be careful, you can
mess up an entire drive quickly.)
If they are in random or numberous places then
best is to collect up the names/paths and use
a batch file with Cacls or Xcacls.
For more complicated issues, download SetAcl
from sourceforge -- warning, SetAcl is not for the
faint of heart or the command line wimp.