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

By on January 19, 2009 (65 Comments)

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.

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

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

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  • Mel

    Oh – and imma say 28-10 BYU ;)

  • Rich

    Yeah, the site will still be kept up as frequently as it is now. In fact, I’ll be less busy because I wont have a part-time job, a business (no longer part of it) and an average of 23.5 credits a semester at BYU!

  • Justin Guy

    i already knew this. from how to geek. also, use this for deleting fonts u don’t want!

  • Justin Guy

    i already knew this. from how to geek. also, use this for deleting fonts u don’t want!

  • Justin Guy

    i already knew this. from how to geek. also, use this for deleting fonts u don’t want!

  • Secret

    Very useful! I …Very easy and functional.You just saved me several hours of work. Thank you.

  • asukicco

    Doesn't work for me. I'm trying to take control of c:windows, a small cmd-like window appear and disappear and when I'm trying to move a modded explorer.exe into c:windows it still ask me for permissions. Is this because I'm using a 64bit windows 7?

  • http://richr.org/ Rich

    Take control of explorer.exe and not the whole Windows folder.

  • RandomGuy

    will this show on the admin account or any other?

  • Brazil

    It worked. Awesome. Thanks.

  • http://richr.org/ Rich

    More details about the error will help us determine why it’s not working for you.

  • rksilva

    doesn’t work for me. i still can’t rename my explorer.exe. i don’t see the ‘take owenership’ when i right click my explorer.exe. i took ownership with the windows folder but still can’t rename my explorer.exe.

  • K1jeon

    wow thank U .

  • Oscar

    I have the same problem as some other here, there is no “take ownership on my explorer.exe

    • Stu

      You either need to take ownership of %windir% or manually change the permissions on explorer.exe

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