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Can't take ownership of a folder
Hi, I can't seem to take ownership of a folder in windows 7. The folder is'program files', and is owned by trusted installer currently. I get the error message 'you only have permission to view the current owner on program files'. I've tried the registry key takeown.reg to have the right click take ownership, but it isn't letting me.
I've tried these steps:
i. Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab.
ii. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
iii. Click Edit, and then do one of the following:
iv. To change the owner to a user or group that is not listed, click Other users and groups and, in Enter the object name to select (examples), type the name of the user or group, and then click OK.
v. To change the owner to a user or group that is listed, in the Change owner to box, click the new owner.
vi. If you want to take ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
vii. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message: You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
viii. All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.
All of the options to change the owner are greyed out.
Please can anyone help?
Thanks! =)