Windows 7 - Take Ownership Shortcut

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Add "Take Ownership" to Context Menu of Files, Folders, and Drives

Information

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 have Run 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

If you added the Open Command Window Here as Administrator context menu item, then adding Take Ownership will remove and replace it.

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.

Tip

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 Two in Method Two) in the tutorial below for how.

Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums

That's it,

Mr GRiM

For full tutorial see here originally posted by Brink

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I2aMpAnT · 01-13-2009

Wow, that helps tremendously.

Thanks for the information!

Solid004 · 01-13-2009

Thanks you, very useful

renthor · 01-13-2009

AWESOME. Very very handy. Thanks

wizkid · 01-13-2009

thanks great tool, will use this more offten. Cheers

Solid004 · 01-13-2009

If I take ownership of the Sidebar folder, can i see the gadgets? even if im not logged on Administrator Account? Thanks

Brink · 01-13-2009

Hello Solid004,

No need to. For the locations, see: Gadgets - Add or Remove from Desktop

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Solid004 · 01-14-2009

Thanks you very much Brink

nizaradil · 01-14-2009

Thanks ; keep up the good work

Brink · 01-14-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Solid004,

No need to. For the locations, see: Gadgets - Add or Remove from Desktop

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Quote: Originally Posted by Solid004

Thanks you very much Brink

You're welcome Solid.

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