Cannot take ownership even though I'm admin


  1. sofie9501
    Posts : 3
    Danmark
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    Cannot take ownership even though I'm admin


    Hello,
    First of all I have no idea which category this lies under. So I'm hoping this one is okay.

    I downloaded and installed a new theme on my computer (Windows 7) which went fine. But I also wanted to get the borders and arrows. Here comes the problem; I know I have to replace the "ExplorerFrame.dll" with the new one from the theme. But first of all I can't rename it and I definitely can't replace it. I can't take ownership either.



    As you can see it's not an option for me even though I am the administrator of this computer. Oh, and my computer runs in Danish as you can see! Hope you still can see what's going on :) Anyone who can help? Thanks in advance!
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  3. Bongo
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    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       New #2

    Welcome to the Seven Forums

    To properly change a system file you need to take ownership give yourself permission and rename the old file and then copy in the new one look at Post #6 of this thread will tell you how to do it Basic Networking Information

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  4. sofie9501
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    Thank you very much, it helped!!
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  6. Bongo
    Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
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    You're Welcome
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