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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   windowscentral[.]com/how-take-ownership-files-using-right-click-context-menu-windows-10

   To me this is pretty cool... Plenty of files & folders in 10 are protected, meaning you don't have permission to view &/or alter or delete files &/or folders. To get that permission you have to wade through several often a bit confusing dialogs, performing the task often more than once as you take over ownership, then add your permissions. The article gives you the text you can copy & paste into a text file with the .reg name extension, which you then merge into the registry by double clicking that file. And it works -- had a chance yesterday to use it.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   delenn13
   Dedicated Gamer

   Been using "Take Ownership" for years in my Win7. Between that and Win7 in a Box(don't know if they have one for Win10 yet), you can do most any tweak you want.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Robert
   StrayCat

   Thanks mikiem,sure might come in handy one of these days.
   I wonder if this "Take OwnerShip" is any different from the windows 7 version...
   (Hi Delenn ...it's good to see you're around again)

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   delenn13
   Dedicated Gamer

   (Good to see you too, Robert) I think it is way different. Take Ownership Win7 was an actual exe program. You didn't mess with the registry. The Win 10 tweak is a registry "hack", I guess you could call it.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   Tried it in win7 today, & works there too. :)

   I hardly ever have had a reason to change the ownership of files/folders in 7, & when I did it's always been straight forward enough to go through the regular dialogs, but 10 (!)... To me the dialogs are less clear so more confusing, & it seems I have to go in & make changes, hit OK, go back in & make more changes, OK that, then maybe go in a 3rd & sometimes a 4th time.

   The two worst cases I come across are both after upgrading to a new build, where you've got the old copy of Windows + any software that didn't make the migration in c:\Windows.old. If one [or more] of the Windows Store apps doesn't make the transition, you've got the old WindowsApps folder, where you're not even allowed to see the contents, let alone delete it. That one is a PITA to get rid of.

   The other one is more a hassle because I don't have the same eyes I did when I was 10 years old [it only happens on my tablet]. There I get driver folders that can't be deleted because they're somehow in use. I have to take ownership, then rename them to something super simple, like "1", "2" etc., then boot to the Macrium Reflect USB stick, go to the DOS prompt, & get rid of stuff using the command line. The teeny tiny characters make it near impossible to tell if you're looking at a lower case "e" or a "c" etc.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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