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Jan 19

Take Ownership: Manage File Permissions in 7/Vista/XP

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Take Ownership

Do you find when you’re modifying system files in Windows 7, Vista, or XP that you have to change permissions a lot?

I’ve been using this for a while now and I can’t tell you how useful it is.


InstallTakeOwnership.reg adds a Take Ownership Context Menu Item to all files and folders.

Take Ownership

  • Download TakeOwnership.zip.

  • To add “Take ownership” to your context menu, simply merge (double click) InstallTakeOwnership.reg into your windows registry.
  • To remove “Take ownership” from your context menu, simply merge (double click) RemoveTakeOwnership.reg into your windows registry.

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12 Responses to “Take Ownership: Manage File Permissions in 7/Vista/XP”

  1. Omar says:

    Very easy to follow and it works. What more can I ask for?

  2. rebuilt says:

    Nice Site!
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  3. dlk says:

    Works well

  4. Brutellio says:

    Hello. I enjoyed reading your website.
    Have a wonderful day and keep up the good work.
    Brutellio.

  5. Leonard Oneil says:

    Nice

  6. Monkeyass says:

    Doesn’t work.. Still need permission!

  7. Rich says:

    Monkey, you take ownership of the file, but UAC still wants permission to make a change?

    What file is it?

  8. Jakob says:

    Have the same problem as Monkeyass. Turned off the UAC and want to modify the C:/Windows/System32/shell32.dll file because of a custom theme… any ideas?

  9. Rich says:

    Are you logged in as an administrator?

  10. Jakob says:

    of course … do you have msn or icq for contact? otherwise, contact me via email. thx!

  11. Jakob says:

    of course …

  12. Rich says:

    Yeah all my info is on the contact page.

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