How To Take Ownership Of A Folder/File In Windows 7

Everton | Jul 23, 2009 | Comments

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Yesterday one of the stages in my ultimate guide to windows 7 codecs required a few Windows 7 system files to be renamed and in order to do this, ownership of the files was required.

Trying to take ownership by changing permissions in Windows 7 can be a bit fiddly, but their is an easier way to do this by installing the following registry change from IntoWindows.com.  Just:

  • Right-click on the ownership.reg file from this zip file and select Merge
  • Say Yes to the UAC prompts and then click Ok
  • Now you have a new option, Take Ownership, when you click on a file or folder that can be used to take ownership of Windows 7 files

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 8 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.

  • Dan Watkins
    Seems like that could be exploited... testing is needed before mass adoption!
  • Ghost
    Reg change link dead.
  • sorry - moved the file to our server as I think I underestimated how much traffic we sent and intowindows went over their bandwidth limit
  • This is pretty neat!
    .-= windows7full´s last blog ..Windows 7 E Browser =-.
  • laro
    Is it possible to hide this menu until shift is pressed ?
  • CeeJay
    http://windows7news.com/wp-content/uploads/2009... does appear to be a valid rar file - html content....

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