Add "Take Ownership" to Context Menu of Files, Folders, and Drives
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To take ownership of files and folders you can use this Tweak and it will give you the option to take ownership when you right click on a file or folder or drive.
Application files, (EX: BAT, CMD, CPL, EXE, and MSC) will still haveRun as administrator instead of Take Ownership in the context menu.
When you use take ownership on a folder, it will take ownership of all the files and subfolders inside the folder to.
WARNING, DO NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP of the C: (Windows 7) drive!!
1. Download the zip file below, and save it to your desktop.
2. Open the downloaded zip file, extract (drag and drop) the .reg files to your desktop, then right click on the extracted .reg file you want to use and click on Merge. NOTE:If you do not see a Merge option when you right click on the REG file, then you will need to check in Default Programs to set the reg file extension to have it's Current Default program set as Registry Editor (C:\Windows\regedit.exe). Afterwards, try merging the REG file again.
3. Right click on whatever you want to own and and select take ownership, it works and I have used it heaps.
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Taking ownership only changes the "owner" of the file or folder to be your user account. It does not change the permission level of the file.
After you have taking ownership of the item, you may still need to Allow your user account Full Control of the item before you will have full permission to access it, to be able to modify, or delete it. See steps 11 to 22 (Option Three) in the tutorial below for how.
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Warning
WARNING, DO NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP of the C: (Windows 7) drive!!
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Quote: Originally Posted by Brink 
