According to Microsoft's KB article: How permissions are handled when you copy and move files and folders, by default an object inherits permissions from its parent object, either at the time of creat...According to Microsoft's KB article: How permissions are handled when you copy and move files and folders, by default an object inherits permissions from its parent object, either at the time of creation or when it is copied or moved to its parent folder. The only exception to this rule is when an object is moved to a different folder within the same volume. Get the full output of the ACL's on both the parent directory and on the file itself after the operation has completed