Take ownership folder vista

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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Status Not open for further replies. Alright since it seems that so many people have questions about how to do this i will give you a nice complete guide on how to take ownership of a file in Vista. OK, where is the easy way. This will allow you to automatically merge these instructions into the registry without having to manually edit the registry.

I told you it was easy! Clicking Yes will import the information directly into your registry, so you do not have to enter it manually. You will receive a confirmation which you can click Yes to. Adding this to the registry adds an entry to the right click menu which allows you to take ownership with just a mouse click! Simply download the following files, change the extension from. Take Ownership free download.

In the window that opens click on the Security tab and you will see the following: This tab allows you to see and edit security permissions for a file. Taking ownership the old fashioned way — using the command prompt Click the Start Orb and type cmd. Doing that correctly will open the window below called the command prompt. Just for grins go back and check the properties of the file you took ownership of.

Taking ownership of a file the easy way — editing the registry I promised easy and then tell you editing the registry is required. What am I thinking? Your problem may be more to do with the actual Access Permissions of the file or folder you are trying to Take Ownership of? Check that the "Everyone" Permission Special Permissions is not marked as "Deny" which is sometimes the case on sensitive Vista files that perhaps you should be leaving alone?

Which file or folder are you trying to Take Ownership of? Hmmm, well that was pretty much what I was doing before, or so I thought Would you believe, it now works! I shall put it down to having had a bad day! Thanks guys. I appreciate your patience. The folder I was looking at was Documents and Settings. This appears to mimic the User folder. In the event that I have to "lift off" a user's data from a crashed disk, which folder should I be copying over?

Click edit and then click the username of the person you want to give ownership to you may need to add it if it isn't there - or it may be yourself - it doesn't need to be the person you are logged in as but you do need to be logged in as an admiistrator.

Normally, when a folder is created, the username who created the folder is registered as the owner - so if the game is wanting to create a folder i'm not sure why this step is necessary unless it is some other folder it wants ownership of and then you should be careful because you don't want to compromise your security or lock yourself out from other programs with files in the same program follder.

Good luck and I hope this helps! What is the game name and version and do you have a web site reference for it? If the above doesn't work, then perhaps we can help you further if we know more about the product or refer you to experts who specialize in games for further assistance. Was this reply helpful?