You cannot configure ACL to the drive root by using icacls.exe

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SYMPTOMS

The first time that you try to run the icacls.exe utility to configure access control lists (ACL) on the root drive of a Windows-Server-2003-based computer, you may receive the following error message:
icacls e:\ /grant Adminstrator:(F)
INTERNAL ERROR: invalid aclsize
e:\: An internal error occurred.
Successfully processed 0 files; Failed processing 1 files

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Note You only receive this error message the first time that you run the icacls.exe utility to configure the ACL on the root drive.
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CAUSE

This issue occurs because the root ACL is set to an incorrect value.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, execute the following command before you run the icacls.exe utility:
icacls E:\ /resize

This command sets the length of drive root ACL to the correct value.
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Source: Microsoft Support
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Article ID: 967539 - Last Review: March 14, 2009 - Revision: 4.0
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
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