Error assigning ownership "Unable to set new owner on.. Access denied"


  1. cvdh
    Posts : 22
    Windows 7 ultimate x64
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    Error assigning ownership "Unable to set new owner on.. Access denied"


    Hi,

    I've a question about assigning ownership.
    I'm logged in as user "Steph".
    As Steph, I made a new folder "Documents_Steph".
    Because she made the folder, she's owner of this folder.

    Then I tried as Steph to assign ownership to a different user "User01".
    But then I got the message "Unable to set new owner on.. Access denied"?
    Though I thought that when you're owner of a file or folder, you can assign ownership to everyone?
    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks in advance!!

    Kind regards,
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  3. chev65
    Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       New #2

    cvdh said:
    Hi,

    I've a question about assigning ownership.
    I'm logged in as user "Steph".
    As Steph, I made a new folder "Documents_Steph".
    Because she made the folder, she's owner of this folder.

    Then I tried as Steph to assign ownership to a different user "User01".
    But then I got the message "Unable to set new owner on.. Access denied"?
    Though I thought that when you're owner of a file or folder, you can assign ownership to everyone?
    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks in advance!!
    Kind regards,
    Taking ownership of a file is a multi step process unless you use the "take ownership" shortcut which does all the work for you.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html
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