Take Ownership !!!


  1. Posts : 186
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       #1

    Take Ownership !!!


    Hi guys downloaded a theme and inside the themes folder it had this take ownership anyways have no idea why i ran this TAKE OWNERSHIP but i did then i just deleted the whole theme and when i ran the :
    Remove take ownership.reg is said it has been successful
    But it just wont go also did what they said at this site:

    Can't remove "Take Ownership" from Right Click Context - Microsoft Community

    Nothing is working so far help ?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Take Ownership  !!!-untitled.jpg  
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  2. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Moe,

    Could you post the link to where you downloaded and added Take Ownership from?

    We need to look at it to see how they added "Take Ownership" to be able to remove it properly since the method is not always the same. :)
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  3. Posts : 186
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Heres the link its just on the right side to download it thx Brink :)

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  4. Posts : 71,975
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       #4

    Moe,

    If that's the only "Take Ownership" download you used, then the Remove Take Ownership Option.reg in the download should have removed it.

    When you double click on the .reg file to merge it, are you prompted to click on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK afterwards? Be sure that you click on these to fully approve the merge, otherwise it will not remove the context menu.

    In addition, you might also restart the computer to see if that may help.

    If you know what you are doing in the registry, then these keys in red below are what needs to be deleted at these locations. This is what the remove .reg does for you automatically.

    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership]
    [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\takeownership]
    [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\takeownership]
    [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\takeownership]
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  5. Posts : 186
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Brink the only path i found was this :
    [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership]
    and i deleted it then restarted same thing the ownership is still there
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  6. Posts : 71,975
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       #6

    You might use the Find and Find next (F3) feature in the registry to search for all takeownership entries in the registry, and delete them as found. When finished, restart to see if that may help.
    To be safe, it is recommended to create a restore point before doing this. This way if you make a mistake in the registry, you can easily do a system restore with the restore point to undo it.
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  7. Posts : 186
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #7

    IT WORKED :) thank you so much brink u saved my day
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  8. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    You're most welcome Moe. I'm happy to hear you got it sorted. :)
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