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How-To Geek
Add "Take Ownership" to Explorer Right-Click Menu in Windows
Taking ownership of system files or folders in Windows is not a simple task. Whether you use the GUI or the command line, it takes far too many steps. This method works in Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10, and it maybe works in XP, though you won't need it there.
Thankfully somebody created a registry hack that will give you a menu item for "Take Ownership" that will handle all the steps for you. We found this many years ago, and since then it's been hosted here for everybody to use.
Update: after all these years we finally figured out who originally made the first version of the registry hack — it was a system tweaking guru by the name of Herby.
Here's what the new right-click menu will look like after installing this registry hack. If you are in Windows 8, 8.1, or 10, the little shield won't show up, but it'll work just fine.
Note: you might need to hold down the Shift key to make the menu show up.
Installing the Take Ownership Menu
Download and unzip the files contained in the zipfile. Double-click the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file and click through the prompts. No reboot necessary.
Double-click the RemoveTakeOwnership.reg file and click through the prompts. No reboot necessary.
Comments (327)
All I get when I double-click the extracted InstallTakeOwnership.reg file is the window asking me what program do I want to open it with. What do I need to do?
Nice indeed. Any reason why it says how to do this in Vista only? Have there been any drastic changes from 2k/XP/2k3, can anyone verify if this works on all recent MS OS's?
what does it do exactly? i installed it and everything seems fine but what does "taking ownership" mean.
is it just like hiding or encrypting a folder?
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13157 (original source as far as I can tell)
Taking ownership of a file/directory gives you direct read/write access to the file (without going through UAC) and forces other users to go through UAC to get such access. Now that Vista finally has a sane notion of file ownership (like Linux and Mac have had for years), this sort of thing comes in major handy (especially when you often change files like C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS).
Oh my God, this Take Ownership feature is awesome. Many thanks to the creator.
Thanks for this! We were having issues after the Belkin Easy Transfer Cable messed all the permissions up and after trying several times with Vista's ownership nothing had worked. This worked first time!
I spent way too many hours today trying to get our personal.xls with custom macros into the XLStart folder so we could do billing today (prior XP pc fried, new pc is Vista). Needless to say, Vista gives me no rights to XLStart folder and I'm just so glad I found this zip fix here tonite. Can't wait to try tomorrow! Many thanks. And Microsoft — get a grip, I'm tired of having Mac folks tell me to buy a Mac! Don't make our lives harder!!! Or you'll find us all on MAC…
I can't take the ownership of the C drive. But I can take the ownership of the folders in C drive. Any comment?
Ok Guys…..I really screwed up.(that's what usually happens when you don't know what your doing) I was trying to gain access to my entire drive so I could delete temp files/temp internet files etc. So, after reading this post on how to delete system files I used this in the command prompt: [takeown / C:\ f ] afterwhich it said that my-acer had owership….Cool so far….I think. Then I used the cacls command: [cacls C:\ *.* /G my-acer:F] I was asked if I was sure & answered yes,hit return & it said the process was successful. Now I can't get many things to run at all & if I attempt to use the command line as an admin I get this:"c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe the parameter is incorrect". I get the same sort of message when I try & run other things. I have to also say that when I login to start windows my name is "ironhorse" & the name of the pc is "my-acer". A friend told me I need to give full rights to both of these names if I want to delete certain files as their considered administrators(both me of course). I haven't restarted the machine cause I know it will never restart so I'm trying to get this fixed through the command prompt. I tyred to roll back through system protection but can't get there either. Am I screwed or is this fixable. Mike
Mike to me it sounds like your screwed, I guess it just goes to show that you shouldnt mess around unless you know what your doin. I had a similar problem before and I had to do a reinstall, your best bet to keep your files would be to get a knoppix disk and a flash drive** to copy your files to. You will still have to reinstall windows but you will keep all your important data.
**The flash drive is not necessary if you have more than one CD burner on your system.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You just made my job a lot easier. Migrating files from a customer's old XP machine to a new Vista machine just got a lot simpler.
did i ever tell you i love you, you saved me 10 years of my life
there was thsi file that i couldn't delete, i hated to see that file . googled …..file don't delete……and got this site. thanks man……wat else have you got for us?
Beware: "Me too" follows
The provider of these registry entries should get a medal.
Here are virtual 2 medals – you deserve one for publishing this.
!@#$%^& MacroCrap !
thank-you very much. why did Vista make file ownership change so difficult?
This didnt work on my Vista Ultimate. I installed as instructed, but there is no option to 'take ownership' when I right click a file or folder.
This was exactely wat I was looking for some days now ;)
Thanks, very useful reg fix, now I can get rid of folder and files who I crated on a different PC (so you don`t have the admin rights anymore).
I have the same problem as reported by Bob Cudmore: This didnt work on my Vista Ultimate. I installed as instructed, but there is no option to 'take ownership' when I right click a file or folder.
I installed, uninstalled and reinstalled with the same result
i have installed but.. still cant seem to delete a *MOV file i have on my Vista Pc. when i right click on 'take ownership' it opens up *cmd screen and i cant type anything inside it :(
Thank you, thank you, thank you to whoever made this hack!!!! I wanted to copy data across from my old hard drive, and it required over 5 clicks for every single bloody file on the entire hard drive before this hack!
Hi Geek,
Do you know this will work on Windows Vista Home Premium? If so, any help would be much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Higham
I've tried it on Vista Home Premium and can't it to work
I already have something as the (Default) item here: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas (and in "command" beneath it), so I can't use this mod. (In case anyone's wondering, it's an elevated command prompt.)
Question: How do you add a second item to that section of the Registry and have them both show up on a right-click?
I also couldn't get it to work, any ideas please?
Thanks for the posts. I do appreciate the take ownership help. takeownership.zip is GREAT for files/folders. HOWEVER, I need to take ownership of A DRIVE, and neither vista nor this program works.
One of the computers I use is shared, and this feature is very useful; however, I do not want the other users (standard accounts) to see this option. I understand that they will not be able to run the command, since they'll be prompted for an admin password and all, but seeing the option at all is unwanted for mostly aesthetic reasons. The following (if it does not get modified or filtered by this commenting system) is the contents of the .REG file I used:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
and the uninstall has been similarly modified:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
It would be nice to have this on the Shift+Right Click menu. Just like "Open command window here…" is.
Anybody know how to do this?
5 gold stars for who ever designed this… it works like it was supposed to be there all along, thanks for solving one of the many million anoying things about vista…
Finally found the quick fix I needed! Thank you!! I'm a novice and learning mre and more each day.
I upgraded from XP to Vista last week and had some probs loading it, had to re-install again after a glitch. Everything's good but noticed my 120gb HD is almost filled up! I dug deep and saw that Vista created a backup for my entire C drive of my old XP stuff and had another backup with my glitched Vista install. Like 60 GB between them! I managed to delete the old XP crap, but the Vista one was hard. I got bits and pieces of it deleted, tried a shredder program and got a little more, but more times than not that Permission BS popped up. I still had 9gb left to dump. I searched all over the NET for help but was getting mixed results or too complicated. This worked great.
Thanks again.
You guys would solve all your problems if you'd just join the Linux Revolution and force the evil corporate Microsoft right on out of here ;)
Never have these kinds of problems in Linux, ever.
You've just fixed my biggest Vista annoyance. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
this thing save my life and time … gazillion thanks…
thanks a lot. i dont remember having this issue with windows xp, it looks like the default in vista is to force you to take ownership before being able to do anything created on other pcs. this really sucks and this simple fix it a great cure for it.
http://www.herbystweaks.net/files/TakeOwn.zip for a shift-right click version!
Thanks man!
And for those who don't know what this is.
Lets say you put a HDD in your computer that holds an Windows XP installation. On that XP installation the user folders where protected, and you can't just acces this on Vista. With this registerymod you just right click the folder you dont have acces too, and in 1 whipe you just gained yourself acces without much trouble!
Thanks, for sharing this.
HI guys,
This sounds like exactly what I need. I have removed the hard drive from my old XP laptop and using it as an add-on HDD for my Vista Home Premium driven desktop. I am trying to take ownership of the folders and files therein which are all password protected and having to do it on a file by file basis. Unfortunnately this hack doesnt seem to work!
I get the right indication when I right click the relevant folder or file but nothing happens…
Suggestions please….
Thanks a million to who ever created this wonderful tool. Saved me million clicks.
Thanks for all of you blowing off everyone here saying they cant get the program to install properly. We really appreciate the disrespect and lack of support.
If you want a question to be answered more promptly, you need to leave it on the forum. The comments on this article aren't checked on a regular basis, and with a thousand articles on the site it's impossible to answer every article comment.
You might notice that I have a note right above the comment box, asking people to leave computer help questions on the forum. I suppose I need to make it more obvious.
Sorry for the trouble.
that is a wonderful piece of kit. thank you so much to whoever created it.
Thanks a lot this is awesome!!!! Works great!!!
Yes, it works on Home Premium, however while the files were accessed, right clicking on the folder that held those files did not bring up the Take Possession option.
I was pulling the last of my hair out trying to find a solution (Home Premium) then I found your website – brilliant!!!!
It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks
I tried this "take ownership" on a worng file,(tpcps.dll instead of "tabskd.dll") for getting rid of this "on board screen" appearing on my desktop on every login.Can u please help me in fixing this error,as its still appearing in every startup and please advise is there any problem with for the "tpcps" file by doing the "Take ownership"?(I use HP dv6502au laptop)
Thanks in advance
@Prince: Here is how to turn off the automatic startup of the on-screen keyboard:
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click Ease of Access.
3. Click Ease of Access Center.
4. Click Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard.
5. Uncheck Use On-Screen Keyboard.
6. Click Save.
Is it only me or did the open as administrator option disappear with this enabled?
I'm logged in as an administrator and I've installed the take ownership thingy but when I right click on my windows media player folder i can take ownership but it still tells me I need permission to delete the file. Am I doing something wrong can somebody help??? T_T
I need help because I want to delete my WMP folder because the program doesn't work.
Anyway of keeping the command prompt OPEN after the command has been issued? I would like to know what is being done and if any errors exist but cmd.exe quickly closes. Thanks
Ok I download the program and I'm still getting the message "you need permission to perform this act." when im trying to delete this program that is not working and need to reuninstall it. Already tried from control panel and cant.
@HELP!!: Just follow the steps listed under Uninstall at the end of this guide.
If your using vista you have to Start>Run>regedt32
Then File>Import the install.reg file your done.
I joined your forum just so I could say thank you. This is fantastic! I can now view system folders that were forbidden before. This saves a lot of time hunting around looking for alternate routes into these folders. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! This is sweet!
That's What I was looking for.
it works great and it's too simple!
Thanks to the creator of these two files!
I installed it, and it is great, but i have an issue still.
whenever I launch it, it says that the publisher could not be verified, and therefore, i have to hit run every time i open it.
Any way to fix this?
thank you,
Well, thanks it works like a charm…
So I can bear the Window$ Vista now… barely!
You have to use shift left click on Vista ultimate 64 but works brilliantly otherwise.
Ok so I downloaded this last night, it worked great. Now it says I have to have Admin privileges for everything. I can't even get into the control panel. it even says I have to have admin privileges to take control of take control. Any help?
I also can't create a restore point. It says that either the file location has been lost or I don't have proper permission. any help?
Thanks , it works.
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for the quality of information you put up here on this site. I do a lot of searching on the 'Net when I have a problem, and I am amazed at the number of times I've arrived at your website with a problem, but left WITHOUT a problem.
I love the visual aids and your communication style. Just an all around great site and a huge public service. It's people like you who make the world a better place!
Great! It worked for the first few files, but then went back to normal with the you need permission box, even after taking ownership of the whole drive!
What does seem to work, is to copy the folder you need to move, then paste it into the destination folder, go back to the original and delete the files inside, then you'll be able to delete the folder that needs permission to move.
This is ridiculous!!
has someone tried it on Win Vista x64?
Seems like it don't works on Vista 64.
I wanted to rename some systemfiles , but there comes a Pop-Up with "Bla bla you have no rights for this action" and i can press "Take Ownership" hundred times, it wont work.
is this version only for 32Bit ?
You are a beaut!!!! Thank you, what a pleasure!!!!
I downloaded this program a year ago. I just want you to know it continues to be the best download I have ever used. Don't know if you ever found out who wrote this program – but I'd willingly contribute to that website!
didn't work at all… trying to uninstall a program, getting the 1321 error. i "took ownership" of the folder in question, and still could not uninstall, or even just delete the folder that the program is in. i wish this how-to actually had some information in it, instead of just saying how to install and uninstall the program. thanks for nothing.
This Reg File only works on English Vista Installs… I have modified it for German Installs: -> Look here:
Diese Reg File funzt nur auf englischen Vista Installationen. F�r deutsche installationen schaut hier:
many thanks! this enabled me to gain access to my files from my old notebook that won't reboot last week. it's the best download I have ever used!
semmed like the perfect fix but still have a problem. ran the hack and everything wizzed by but still no access. ***i did have the folder in the xp drive some sort of protected, all folder entries are green. its about 5,000 appraisal pictures*** been working two full days, secret admin login, gave full permission to everyone, nothing!!! I WILL PAY FOR A FIX AT THIS POINT, NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK ASAP AND EVERY APPRAISAL SEEKS THIS FOLDER OUT TO LINK PICTURES. THANKS
great help! been trying to access my laptops hdd for hours now, soon as i tried this it's working straight away.
by the way, i installed this script on my Windows 7 machine, works great.
You are an absolute legend mate, absolute superstar,
As Scott said ..works on Windows 7 x64 also..
Thanks for this! I'm trying to convert Microsoft word 2007 trial to the full version and I need ownership first. When I get to the registry editor and click yes it says there's an error accessing the registry. HELP!
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Here is a command script version that is a little more versatile. Make a shortcut to TakeOwnership.cmd, then you can drag and drop files and/or folders on the shortcut to take ownership of them.
The contents of TakeOwnership.cmd follows:
@echo OFF
if '%1'=='/?' echo Usage: %0 [Names of one or more files and/or folders] && pause && exit
if '%1'==" echo There are no more command line arguments. && pause && exit
if not exist %1 echo %1 is not a file or folder. && pause && goto Next
echo This script will take ownership of %1.
pushd .
pushd %1 2>NUL
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto File
echo %1 is a folder.
echo This script can take ownership of a folder with recursion;
echo i.e., it can take ownership of all files and subfolders in a folder.
choice /m "Do you wish to take ownership of this folder with recursion "
if not ERRORLEVEL 2 goto Recursion
choice /m "Do you wish to take ownership of this folder without recursion "
if not ERRORLEVEL 2 goto NoRecursion
goto Next
takeown /f %1 /r /d Y
icacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t
goto Next
echo %1 is a file (not a folder).
choice /m "Do you wish to take ownership of this file "
if ERRORLEVEL 2 goto Next
takeown /f %1
icacls %1 /grant administrators:F
goto Begin
@J. Woolley: Thanx for that. It will be quite handy.
After Installation, I checked by right-clicking. It wasn't there. I'm going to try rebooting.
i'm using this on vista ultimate 64bit and it works fine. i do believe i had to reboot first before it showed up though.
This works perfectly on Win 7 beata Ultimate :)
It worked after the Reboot!
This didn't work on my Vista laptop. I installed it and it did its thing but then it said operating systems stopped working. Any ideas? I can't get access to files I created in word via my laptop. There is only me on this laptop, no one else uses it.
If you still can not edit/delete/rename/whatever your file, although you have edited it with "Take Ownership" just go to properties of this file and set down the user rights to full access manually!
"Take Ownership" can just allow you to edit this access rights, so you have to edit them by yourself.
File -> Properties -> Safety -> Advanced -> Edit -> Then set all right to "Full Access" -> OK�
(Sorry, I have the german windows version, so I do not know how the buttons are named in the englisch version)
this is great for deleting fonts i hate, thanks
Thank you! Damn I hate VISTA!
a million thanks!!! omg
saved me so much
IM IN LOVE thankyou soooo much for this program it was amazing just instal and then go into c and find the file that ur getting the error in right click the whole file and bam ur the owner hehe super awesomeness
oh thanks so much for this – it works perfectly on Vista Home thanks!!!
Careful with this..I installed it and now my handler is screwed up in Vista, Shortcuts in the start menu no longer work?? Can't find a good fix either. If someone has one I would appreciate a link..Thanks :-)
Hi, my right click menu bombed after carrying out some registry fixes in Home Premium Sp1 on my notebook. Have tried rolling back but it has not helped. Suggestions to fix this please??
I was grateful to find this workaround (less so that such a workaround is necessary!)
Back story – I transferred some pictures from my smartphone via Winows Mobile Command Center.
Tried to rotate one of the pics, kept getting the "File is read-only, in use … " error.
Saw the "green box" read-only on the directory folder (but not the picture file itself!)
Downloaded, installed and ran "TakeOwnership' which all seemed to go fine.
For good measure, took ownership of the entire document folder in my (adminstrator authorized) user account. Watched hundreds of files successfully "owned."
Still won't let me rotate the image because it is "read only."
Tried the "full user rights" solution.
Found that it had two separate rights entries for the adminstrator, one which did not list its orgin.
I deleted that one.
Tried exporting the images into new files via Windows Picture Manager.
No go.
I'm getting worried because now ALL my user subdirectories have the "read-only" green box.
Any thoughts?
Not the the easiest way to fix things but I did resolve the matter of the suddenly read-only pictures.
Apparently I violated some unwritten commandment that you cannot TRANSFER image files from a mobile device to your laptop using the Mobile Device Center.
You must use the Picture/Video import function.
Not a horrible process, but it seems to be an all-or-nothing proposition, meaning not only will recent phone/camera pictures be imported but every single icon/phone image stored on the device.
Didn't I hear once that these devices were supposed to make our lives easier?
I downloaded this program so I could delete programs in Vista 64 that would not allow me to delete. This program did not fix that situation for me. I still cannot delete files after I right click and set Take Ownership. Im pissed that Vista will not let me delete files. What kind of operating system is this anyways.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. You just solved the biggest Vista annoyance that was plaguing my existence. Works like a dream.
MIKE, You need to take ownership of the full drive if need be, and not just the folder, so take ownership, try giving everyone access to the root of the drive where your hundreds of appraisal pics are, this should do it, btw (BIG ALSO, You M U S T do this on the system that the drive was setup with permissions on, else it will most definitely not work when trying on other systems. My big suggestion MIKE is that You buy a nie hefty USB drive for such personals… I know the above will help if You follow what I jive, Stay cool peace love and happiness to You and Yours!!!! -=8^0-=
Oh, wow. I had an employee on the verge of resignation because I couldn't convince her I was NOT withholding passwords from her. And her hard disk was full and she couldn't delete anything and it was ALL MY FAULT. Install this=end of soap opera. Thank you.
I love this program, however it's having some unwanted side effects, and I am unable to uninstall it. I tried the uninstall, but it doesn't completely remove it. I am no longer able to take ownership of most things, but I still have the option to take ownership of icons on my desktop. Any suggestions? I didn't want to start messing with my registry. BTW, running Windows 7 64.
Great. Just amazing. Now I am leaving a good comment as the only reason I downloaded a registry edit was because everybody who DID IT RIGHT gave good reviews :D
Just tried this on my Vista Home Premium 32-bit machine. Worked perfectly. Is there room on Mt. Rushmore for the guy that wrote this? I love it.
For everyone that has bee unable to install Take Ownership….What they did not tell you is you need to go to run, or search in Vista and type in regedit
This will open the Registry Editor. Select File – Import and then point your mouse to the location where you have unzipped the take ownership file
Who would think something so small would make someone's life so simple!! This is an excellent tool that will sure come in handy in the future. Thanks so much for sharing you're a genius!!
I had the same problem on Vista 64 and now on Win 7 64. I was changing each one manually until i came upon this program. What a life saver. I did notice as someone mentioned above that "run as an administrator" is no longer a right click option. I'll assume that the Take ownership option is a level above this resulting in it's disappearance. Also, I have no troubles (in Win 7 64) with the control panel, making restore points, etc. My hat off the person who made this small but extremely significant registry hack.
TakeOwnership woudl not install for me on Vista 64 Ultimate. The file simply kept opening up in notepad instead of making changes to the registry. To get around this I ran regedit from the start menu and then from within regedit there is an option to import. I imported the installtakeownership file and it worked great!
You are my absolute hero!! Thanks so much. I was getting so frustrated that after years of withstanding an office load of people screaming at me to "Get a Mac" I was tempted to succumb.
But now I can't fight the good fight for longer!!
Good one you.
nice work and look s good
i cant use this file i need to get rid of this itune file but it keeps saying i dont have permission. i only have one account im running vistas as well any help
This is the best thing i ever used….. by a mistake i changed the ownership to many files on my HD, so i couldnt open it again…. but this is a perfect solution for that cind of mess…
Many THANKS to man who created athis registry hack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make all of this info available to all the digitally challenged people out here!!
Peace and Blessings! an old hippie seattle
I don't think I've said this to another man before (except for my Father, of course) but here goes. I love you.
I would not recommended this for win7…. I used it all the time on XP and Vista, but I installed it in win7 RC and used it a few times, and my system is all messed up. Can't update anything, and many apps arn't running right…. I'm just waiting till the 22nd for my full copy of win7 to reformat.
This was a big help, but I'm guessing precations should be used with this too. It will recursively go through all children of the folder and change those permissions. Could that be very bad ?
It a great feature but personally i wud like a revert ownership feature too. Since i have my doubts that if ownership were with my admin and if some malware was residing in the system, it cud use the ownership to corrupt windows files whereas earlier UAC wud not allow that. Is there some way to revert the ownership back to wat it was?
I cant replace these .dll files even though i already took ownership of the folder and got full rights to these? This wonderful vista says that i`ve no rights or its opened in another program. Please someone help me ! I`ve been fighting with this for hours.
We can see take ownership in contextualmenu, but when we execute it, nothing happen in advancy-security, normally all cases for administrator must be x ( full permission!!), i thing that it worked, but not since 2 month, since a update( or maybe since SP2!!)
OMG! Life Saver. I was just about ready to get the old XP disc out and downgrade. I am soooooo sick of Vista!
Deanna, jonia, its not the right section!!
gr8 work..~~
thnx dude it works greatly for me!!
Im still having trouble but not asking for help. Im sick of vista and microsoft.
Thank you so much! This is an awesome little utility. Thanks for sharing!!!! …and thanks to whoever created it, wherever they are!!!!
Bloody brilliant! Was getting so frustrated at not being able to edit albumart or other details in itunes, I was going to go back to XP64.
Question: after I apply ownership to a folder, if I uninstall this registry entry, will I still have ownership of the folder?
I think a question that needs to be asked is …..
how do you change ownership back to what it was, if needed ???
Oh…you're a life saver.
I wanted to edit a windows file, and ive done done it..so easily with this.
Thanks a lot
My friends old vista system fried / bought a new one over weekend trying to get old pics,spreadsheets and email addresses off old drive to new computer will this program work for that. Old drive is in external case plugged in by USB can see program files but no data files.?
Beware of this I ran it on my temp folder in win 7. I could not then install any new software after weeks I found it removed system from the temp folder which stops msi files installing
My computer is running slow what steps can I do to fix it?
dude, whoever came up with this is a living legend!!! I have tried all combinations of ownership and security but nothing worked. Ran this and straight away I could copy and paste my files. Awesome.
THANK YOU! that was the easiest and most technical freakin thing I've ever successfully accomplished!
Awesome! Those administrator right's requests were getting really annoying.
Doesnt work in Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise. The option is missing from the menu.
so does this make your pc or any files open source?
Well that was quite teh awesomeness.
Thank you for that fast fix!
this is absolutely awesome. i was arguing with my computer about permissions for the past hour before coming across this sweet tool!
Well, I like this hack, a lot. :) I have a USB tablet and the second I plug it in about 100MB of my RAM was gone because of all the input crap that I never use. (What's the point of a computer if you're just going to write on it?) So I got rid of the input stuff and now I just want to… well… remove Ownership from all the files in the System32 Folder. It kinda bugged me that you couldn't just change ownership of a single file :(
Thank you! It's good work. It works on Win7. It's easiest and bestest too!
does exactly what it says on the tin! Nice one buddy, thanks!
this is BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!! just got rid of a pain in the @ss exe file – been trying since weeks!
thanks very much….
yessss. so awesome.
Really nice work, thanks!
when I double click installtakeownership, i get the first prompt, but the second one says there were errors accessing the registry, how do I fix this?
Wow. Thank you so much for this utility. My Windows 7- 64 bit machine now is at MY command. Works EXACTLY like you said. I guess I don't have to go get a Mac after all….
I've installed TakeOwnership.reg file; it does a bunch of stuff at the command prompt, opens the explorer and thats it. I have recently migrated from XP and used an USB external hard drive, how do I take ownership of this baby?
OS: Win 7 64bit
Worked great! Thank you! Finally gotten rid of that annoying folder… :D
please help!!! it work but only ones…n i hv problems trying to deleting this files from nero…>>>mfc71u.DLL >>>msvcr71.DLL>>NBShell.DLL
Well I thought this was exactly what I needed. And it looked like it was working, but it appears to have done absolutely nothing. The files are still with the same ownership. Ughhh I don't want to go through all these steps for each file.
Huh. Well it kinda worked I guess. I was able to apply the permissions of the main folder to all the children and subdirectories, which I was getting access denied errors for before this tool. So it got my halfway. Thanks!
WOW IT IS WORKING NOW. 10q 10q
Whoever made this hack, I love you (not love,love). You saved me 50 years of my life amn (or girl). Also you deserve the CPU nobel prize (if there was one.) I had the same problem as Olier62, but with the BACKUP being like 180 GB's. Man thanks so *%#@$ MUCH!!!!
I swear this is the best hack I ever ran across thanks so much. The first time I tried it I had success
Like you aid just follow the prompts and presto problem solved. You deserve the Nobel Prize :)
Amazing, how even something as simple as the keys entered into registry, and you saved me a real bad headache, THANK YOU!!!
I just recently reinstalled due to a bad crash and subsequent virii, and for some reason, I don't remember how, I had made all my music shared, and through doing this, it gave my profile on that computer, along with WMP(windows Media Player) through it's network sharing protocol, total ownership and full permissions, withdrawing the ability to take ownership through windows 7. This literally was two steps(three if you include the extraction) download extract, run. I right clicked the folder and it gave me ownership back, and was able to copy and move music once again… THANKS A TON!!!
Why I can't Take Ownership of a file? I can only Take Ownership of folder(s).
Anyone please help me.
Ok, so now, I can't take ownership of an EXE file. But others can. What's happening?
This file is awesome, enabled me to delete windows 7 off an older hdd i've made external. yay!
The person who made this app is a genius! Worked very well…
WOW, thank you whoever made this, and helping me un-tard windows 7 a tiny bit.
Fantastic. Easiest fix all week. Thanks to the programmer & to you!
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Works perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude, this is awesome, superb, excellent, … <3
just wanted to leave a thanks, after reading a few guides and smashing my head against a wall when windows was still throwing confusing errors (need to optain permission from Phil when Im logged in as Phil??) at me… this works!!!
Love your work, thanks!
this is wonderful
can I make it so that only I could use this? that would help alot :)
The creater is a genius!
Thankyou, thankyou, THANKYOU!
Just that really, to the guy who made this, thanks so much. Saved me a day of my life… :P
thank you so much for this, i was thinking i was goin to manually take ownership of everyfile in my old hard disk, who ever created this program is a legend
i have downloaded takeownership but what can i do now?
Thank you!
For anyone who has migrated from Windows XP Pro to Windows 7 Ultimate and discovered that the Windows Easy Transfer application has a massive password bug, this is the quick fix! Transfer the old documents anyway and then use the Take Ownership tool on the root folder and BINGO!
A massive thank you to the creator!
Working beautifully, but having a slight issue.
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium x64. On install, it works perfectly, but on merging the uninstall .reg file, nothing happens.
I'm having the same issues with the Copy/Move to… reg fix
Thank you very much. Vista has left me in anguish for soooo long. I nearly crapped my pants when i sall it. Thank you to whomever made this.
God – Thank you for this. I have been trying to delete loads of rubbish files for months fiddling with security settings and getting told to contact my ADMINISTRATOR etc., permission denied your not smart enough. Damn Microsoft and their nanny software.
This sorts it perfectly Thanks a million !!!!
This is excellent!
Very useful indeed
Thanks. It worked great for deleting all of the .tmp files in the Windows/temp folder for the exception of one that is called Pvm and has no extension but apparently an .exe file. When right clicked on it there is no "Take Ownership" selection to choose! And when you click "run as administrator" warning dialog displays it as an exe file yet doesn't open it.
Nevertheless, it helped a big time. Greatful to the creator and the distributor.
THank you this was exactly what i needed!!
It's all perfect unless one thing! THE TAKE OWNERSHIP ACTION IS NOT SHOWN WHEN I RIGHT CLICK IN C:/ or generally in a partition.
THanks a million.
THanks a million
I love you for this!
Amazing !! Thanks so much for your help !! Has saved soooo many hours of my life !! And a lot of mental pain . I have no idea why Microsoft inflicts such mental pain on it's customers with ridiculous things like this , and all the problems I'm having with media player 12 . I want media player 11 back , and do not even have the option to do that .
Just got Windows 7 64 bit "upgrade" from XP , and so far , with "trusted installer" rubbish and the way they only let us use the new media player , I am not very impressed .
Thanks again .
This is what I'm looking for ! It solved my difficulty to read some files..
i thank you so much !! and also for the programmer..
Worked like a charm! Thank you!!
Worked a fucken treat !! Love it ;)
DoubleCliked the .reg file as instructed but it just opens up in Notepad. Where go from there?
It reads as follows:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
Needed to fix a mates xp that had died couldnt back up any of his data before is started playing, found this and it worked took ownership and backed up all the data. managed to get the xp machine running again however now it appears that he cannot access any of his data, is there anyway to reverse this?
Found a revert on Hirens boot disk :)
Excellent !
Tks !!!
Awesome This is exactly what i needed.
If only it would take a less while :)
this think is sooooooooooo useful , it came with a theme and i done adding that , it helped me alot even deleting a virus :D
my god i love the creator thanxs for the share its a bitch to do this otherwise whenever i plug in my 2 TB external to share my movies with friends now i dont have to sit there and wait to go through security tab etc etc i love win7 but they should have integrated this
Awesome, thanks! You saved med hours with this little reg hack!
This is a great program. Saved me alot of headaches and frustration. I could not get rid of an older installation of Windows 7 on another hard drive. I kept on getting a message that some program had to give permission for me to uninstall. This program allowed me to finally get rid of the whole windows folder. Thanks a million to whoever created this.
What more to say but thanks a 108 times (the lucky number is for you, whoever programmed it…). This little skript has helped in an instant of a second what before has taken me wasteful hours. After migrating from Win Vista to Win 7 this has been the solution for me. Keep up the good work.
You are angel, (thank you very much) x 1212452+E. Now I can kick out Windows 7 from my old HDD, which I am now using as additional disk space.
Using win 7, i was unable to delete a desktop folder i created. kept sayin i needed permission to perform this action (or some bollox like that) no matter what permissions i gave to all users and trusted installer, the file would not fuck off my pc. i downloaded TakeOwnership.zip, opened it with winRAR, double clicked InstallTakeOwnership.reg, said ok & yes to the messages, right clicked my problem folder then clicked take ownership… then i was able to move the little shit to recycle bin… I use Ccleaner to empty my recycle bin, because it has the option of using more secure methods of deletion….. DOD(department of defence)5220.22-m {3 passes over file}. NSA-(7 passes). Gutmann-(35 passes).
ByeBye unwanted stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A thousand thank you's to you all, May your PC's run true and smooth, let your advice and guidance be sound and freely available, Ye let us continue to thwart the errors of our mindless machines, for they do not realise we are the all powerful.
Blessed art thou
Win7 x64
worked perfectly in solving a permission error
Thanks again
This was a GIFT from the GODS!!!!!!!!!! Worked perfectly and was sooooo simple!!! I bow down to the maker of this!!!! May you win the lottery!!!!
Ever since I've tried this, all exe files I attempt to run result in my getting the error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.".
Using Vista Home Premium SP2.
If there is any way "reset" the permissions, it would be wonderful to be able to undo what this "wonderful" fix has done.
I used it on win7 ultimate 32 bit (running on 64 bit athlon). It mostly worked, I can delete the Program Files (x86) folder from a previous install, but still cant delete windows.old :( …. Actually, its only \windows.old\windows\wow64 that it doesnt work for. Still handy
OMG this thing is awesome. I moved a drive from a different system to this one and it was a royal pain in the butt to delete stuff off of it. I was getting really frustrated trying to get ownership of stuff and getting permissions to be inherited. This saved me HOURS of frustration.
I added this a half a year ago, and now I can't remove it, even with the Remove TakeOwnership .reg file. Help?
WOW!!! I just spent 1/2 a day trying to replace a broken SYS32 file. Thanks to you done in 2 mins!!
this is extremely useful. the unknown person who wrote it is smarter than all of the ms programmers put together.
can you pls… help me on how to make a system file.
hollo friends
after commit take ownership stoped " secure soket tunneling protocol servise" and not run VPN sirvece to connect to internet . please help me ?
Anyone, anyone .. I added take ownership after trying many things with permission settings on a particular file. On right clicking any file, the 'take ownership' option appears – but NOT on the file I'm having troubles with.
Pretty much every change I can make with properties->security etc I have tried; it still gives me 'need permissions' error when I try to move it.
Intriguingly, it ALSO gives me that error with I go to properties->details->'Remove Properties ..' and I try to change something.
Help meee… please.
This works well. You need to take owner ship of each and every file individually for it to work(the apply to sub files and folders does not work), and that's exactly what this script does.
Wow!!!! works Great. Thank you very much. !!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Hours saved by this enormously helpful widget!
Excuse the text below – it's for the benefit of Google and others who may have hit this irritating problem… a problem this AWESOME tool resolved…
"Windows was Unable to Complete the Format" – As you'd expect from where this is posted, the issue boiled down to ownership! In my case I was unable to even take control through the file properties and grab it manually as outlined in other forums…
Bit of background, previous Vista install on HDD, new HDD bought and Win 7 installed. Windows 7 then wouldn't allow me to touch the Windows or Program Files directories on the Vista HDD… But no more!! Thank you creator! I guess I can cancel my Ubuntu install now (the Plan B!)
Thanks you
This saved my life. +1111111111111111111111
Works great takes a little bit of time to grant access to a lot of files, but it is worth the wait.
Thanks so much for this…I hate Windows and I'm used to the ease in which I can actually ACCESS MY OWN FILES on Fedora… One day, Windows decided I wasn't allowed to access my own digital art folder…
Life saver, thank you. :)
Saves life.Thanks a million.
When I double click on the file InstallTakeOwnership.reg it just shows me all the registry program language. What am I supposed to do with that?
An amazing time saver! I was faced with having to reset permissions on thousands of system files manually through the cmd interface. This little shortcut saved me tons of time! Thanks!
thanks this really worked. it solved everything…and stoped my screaming at my computer
Kick ass! Thanks.
Thanks so much, This saved me. I Can't believe that windows seven is this bad with file ownership.
Hi !
I guess i`ll have give hommage to the creator of this handy little fix, really helpful, thanks a lot !
absoulte thank you. this had been the utter nonsense!!!
Thaks to you and thanks to the creator :)
hey i installed it and been using if for some time. i went to install some programes and it kept error-ing out so i took ownership or the folders it was trying to put what ever in and it worked fine. but later when i went to intall somthing else or certin updates it just errors out and wont tell me what to do or why, i am pretty sure its because of the tkaeownership thing,.. any way to fix it or undo it?
Thank you! Finally I have permission to use my own computer.
Wow. I'm so thankful to you and to the developer of this hack. I finally can clean up the hard drives and use them for storage!
Thank you!
I had this annoying C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Resource\CMap folder full of files that could not be deleted from the system because it only had LocalSystem permissions. And it wasn't removed when Reader 8 was uninstalled. :(
Gone! Thank you so much!
Awesome. I'm finally able to delete a stubborn folder/files!
Muahhhh!!! Thank you…THank YOu…Wow I can't thank you enough….genius how u got this to work…i've been unable to access my folder for 2 WHOLE YEARS!…Now I can continue to enjoy all the amazing music that I had saved and lost access to…Thank you!!!
OMG LOVE IT!@ Thanks a LOTS!
It work. By the way whats the benefit of this feature.
Oh my GOD! There's nothing more annoying than a computer that doesn't do what it's told. One just imagine's a geeky nerdy Bill Gates-ish character being a stubborn nerd for a completely RETARDED reason, giving me the thirteen steps necessary for each file. (I don't even want to know about 'file ownership auditing WTF IS THAT? I DONT CARE!) This program is just like punching that nerd in the face knocking him cold out onto the floor. Why can't computing in general be like this. THANK YOU.
Saved me the headache of reinstalling Vista on a clients computer.
Great thanks – now I can remove all those old 'XP' accounts……………..
More importantly it makes now possible to rmoving infected files from different accounts with out all that mind numming 'You must remember the password……………………."
How to take the ownership of:
thanks so much but why is ther all thees other users any way i mean its my coumputer i shouldnt need permition from softwere
Thanks a lot it worked
excellent job
Thank you. For some reason, Divx Converter screws up the ownership on any file that it creates (in the process, making them invisible to other users on the network), and this fixes them!
For those asking why we can't use it with exe files anymore, the reason is simple. It seems that the name "runas" interfere with something built in.
Rename it to takeownership and it should work.
Something like that in the reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
Didnt work. Still aint having user rights on my external drive. Worthless.
Very Very Very Very good! Thanks a lot!
Genius, that man deserves a round of applause!!!!!
Actually, it is easy to once and for all take full ownership of the whole computer.
open windows explorer
right click on c: (if that is your OS drive), chose properties and the "security" tab.
Click "Advanced" button and chose "owner" tab
click" edit" button
click on the user of choice to give ownership and click apply.
Close everything and your done.
I have not yet checked how everything works after this change, but I, as being admin on my own computer, now appear to have special permissions of all folders that I've checked.
THANK YOU! It really works!
Actually, I thought that was not working, because I was just double clicking the both reg files without even read… So i was installing and after that uninstalling… LOL
What a stupid I am.
So, I read it and pum! It works.
Thank you
Brilliant! Thank you so much, the other methods were such a pain.
Bleh, I still can't remove Internet Explorer.
tq very much for the tips..it helps me a lot..
okay, the guy who programmed this should be a millionaire. It's helped me get past the "get permission from TrustedInstaller" annoyance with ease. Thanks a million
Works a dream on win 7 – thanks guys this is a lifesaver.
wow ! i was looking for this tool for almost 6 months .
now i can do whatever i want in my pc .
:-) i am using win 7 professional.
works like a charm .
Thanks alot , you ®ock.
Thank you so much sir!
im tryin it and something pops up i cant see what it is and then goes away in like less than a second
THANK YOU! you SAVED ME FROM Headaches! i was really furious in getting rid of these folders with random character for months!
OMG Thank you SO much for this!!! I almost lost +20GB of music w/o this… I downgraded from windows 7 ultimate x64 to windows xp pro x64 where there is no sp3 and ownership control system… Thank you so very much!
is there an equivalent to this for my Windows XP? Tech support at blizzard said my SC2 game may work if i take ownership of the entire StarCraft II but the link for how to do this on XP didnt help
I've tried it a few times and it does nothing for me on Windows 7, so I'm back where I started… Wish I could've thanked you like most others here but I can't.
Doesn't work for me… I try to take ownership, some black window shows quickly and goes away. I try to delete a folder, but I still get the administrator needed message thing. FFFUUUUUUUUU—
Thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for ur post
works fine for me on Win7u-N @sp1. THANKS!
Works Excellently.
By the way, how can I use this to take the ownership for the user 'Everyone'?
Thank you, works perfect. Was a bit sceptical at first but I was so frustrated I was willing to risk frying my computer. Thankfully it didn't!
This is awesome. Thank you.
god created man and then he created the man who wrote the registry hack. Awesome!!
This reg hack is AMAZING. Everyone involved in distributing and creating this has just earned a better next reincarnation…if I believed in such things. Well if you do: good luck as the next bill gates or as the Kami of reg hacks.
This is great. Works an absolute treat!! Great reg hack.
You are an absolute star – at last! I was going absolutely mad!!!
Thanks again!
Excellent product. Deleted protected files off of old XP hard drive, though just a couple, no matter what I did still could not be deleted. Still cleaned up tons of room off old drive. Thanks !
Excellent product
awesome!! thanks
For the most part this has worked great. Still, I had Adobe CS5 installed on the computer I was reclaiming the drive from and I can't seem to get ownership of a Macromedia directory in the Windows Subdirectory. I have gone as deep inside the directories as possible and two files in the Flash subdirectory won't allow me ownership. That is when I try to delete them it still says it needs my (John) authorization. What do I do now?
Thanks works like a charm!
I makes windows just a step more like unix…. :-/
I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64, clean installation and the secondary hard drive has all my music and videos (about 1TB). Thanks for this fix, so I don't have to go through each folder and manually change the owner from my old account (which is now unknown) and I could literally do it with two clicks. Thank you for saving me HOURS of tedium.
Thank you so much. I dunno what it is about Win 7 but it messed up my rights on my profile. I am going to upload this app via torrents. This app should be shared and used by all.
Man thanks a lot, long live you!
I would like to say "Thank you" to the creator and the one that posted the fix to the Take Ownership problem. You are the MAN!
thanks a lot it really work and it so easy!!!!!
thanks man!!!!!!!!! this helps me,,,…. a lot of praise for the creator!!!!!!!!!
I am using Windows 7 (Updated). I have done a lot of things to replace Eplorer.exe .. But Failed every time. I have tried to change the shell value from old explorer.exe to new explorer.exe (explorer2.exe) through Regedit.exe. But after restarting just a blank page is coming. Anyway, I have taken back to previous one. But still I am unable to replace the explorer.exe. I have tried "Take ownership" too. But haven't seen that feature when we clicking right button of explorer.exe. But I can see, every other files, except, explorer.exe.
And I have tried to change through Properties also. But got message like "Access Denied"
I request you to Please help me urgently
"Take Ownership" does just what it is supposed to do and does it in seconds. I have been plagued with 'no permission' problems after upgrading to Win 7 from Win XP. Surely the good folks at Windows R & D were aware of this. They should all kneel and bow to you for your efforts, – then reward you handsomely as they make your program part of all future great WindowsXXX software. I started on Windows 3.1 with three floppy disks for install. Awaiting the next user nightmare.
This is awesome. Thanks so much for making this!
gr8, simple, and the best achievement I've ever come across in 2011
thanks mate
Wow this is just brilliant
I too have just moved up from XP to Win 7 (I started on Win 3.1 too) and was getting 'oh so frustrated' with this ****** permissions obstacle!!
Not anymore – thanks for a quick and easy fix.
thank u
u just saved 5 years of my life
i love u man
Incredible Tool!
HI, had a big problem with an autorun.inf that my AV kept detecting but couldn't delete – permissions (W7).
This little patch did the trick – thanks.
Thank you big time. I'd gotten into a real pickle trying to share files created on my last Win7 Ultimate x64 PC. Eventually didn't know who owned what – Simple File Sharing? Hah! This got me back to sanity. Why don't bloody MicroShaft make things clearer? Oh, right, it's THEIR computer.
Hey this didn't work for me either on 7 Home Premium, no read-only changing, no taking ownership and no cmd lines worked either.
Fantastic function on McAfee is the SHREDDER!!
Done in minutes.
Btw, im not trying to scam/ sell McAfee to you, just an observation that after all had failed, this worked.
Bloody Brilliant! I am running Windows7 Home Premium and this hack made taking ownership of my dead laptops xp drive a breeze. Now if I could just remember where I stored that file I'm looking for….
thank you very much !!! thank you !!!
Impressive, spent hours trying to edit permissions to copy data from another hdd, no joy. installed this and 30seconds later it was moving across. credit to the creator of this masterpeice
windows 7 pro hdd from old laptop copied to new windows 7 hdd in new laptop
Thats great… now i'm able to take ownership of system files too.
Thank u very much….!!!
Holy hell. This little bit of reg sorcery just unlocked a ton of backed up folders from my old XP installation. They've been a total PITA to work with for almost a year now. I'm kicking myself for not searching for a solution right from the start.
Thanks to whoever scripted this!
I can only hope that everyone who needs this "take ownership" function has the Google-fu to find this page.
I have a really dumb question about this hack. I download it, unzip it, and double click on the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file. All I get is an open Notepad with the text of the hack in it. Be kind, but what am I not doing?
That probably means your file association settings for .reg files have been changed from their default. It's not a big deal. Try right-clicking on the .reg and selecting "Merge".
Couldn't see the merge command so I looked at file associations and saw that .reg was associated with notepad and not regedit. Thanks for steering me in the right direction. My files are now mine again!
This worked! It was awesome. I kept getting error messages b/c the lastest version of Adobe (10.1.1) was messing up big time! I have Windows Vista Premium and it worked for me! So tired of hacking my brain with the command prompt….now hopefully i won't have the same problem re-installing Adobe :) Wish me luck b/c i can't open PDF files unless u have Adobe and it is a BIG problem when u r a college student and stuff!
Confirmed this method also works in Windows 7.
That was really useful. Some music files gave me an error when I tried to play them but now, after a right click, everything works as it did.
Thanks for that quick solution
Worked a treat! Highly satisfying, after trying all sort of other ways to get ownership. Many thanks for posting this fixit.
thnk you s-0o0o0o-0o0o mch :D
it work great, Thanks
*** I cant believe how retarded you all are needing a reg mod to do something that is so simple??? I guess if you need this then you shouldn't complain about vista cos that should be telling you all something that your computer illiterate aka being a "TARD" ***
I would also bet that many of you are taking ownership of files that you have no idea of what the file is about and removing them …. well done!!!
you might as well go into folder options whilst your at it and select to show all hidden files so yous can mess with them also
I've never written one of these before, but this saved a massive project I've been working on. I F'd up my windows ownership rights on my old harddrive, and when I tried to transfer things, it ended up breaking and not allowing ANYONE to change the files, this changed that. I now have my entire album, danke.
This program is incredible, if you have an XP drive the permissions are a PITA use this and through Win 7 you can start listening to your music again…
Have a file that even after taking ownership on my own, then not being able to delete trusteduser, finding out a way to do that, so only i had full control, STILL cannot delete or move or rename or do anything with the corrupt file. What else is there?! Its the wsock32.dll and VERY important i delete it and replace, but have no way to do that. Thanks for any help.
Amazing! Was having some problems with explorer shell instability and couldnt fix due to corrupt files not letting me take ownership to repair/delete. Fired this thing up and my problems were sorted within a min =D
Mate, THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Just done a clean install of 7 Ultimate but couldn't get access to over 300GB of movie files! One click, all done! Thank you, GENIUS!
Thanks a lot.. just what i needed :-)
Thanks dude!
worked from the first time! you saved my life.
Trying to get access to Temp files to change Read Only on Vista. Still no luck. Can someone help? Thanks!!!!
PERFECT :) Works like charm :)
4 years after last comment, and here i am just found out this great tool. makes my life much easier.
this was really useful.. thanks :)
thanks very much , work very very well with win 7 professional and now i can copy , open, edit my files very easy
Just ran this on Win 7 (customers hdd connected to my desktop) took control of their docs & settings folder and now my user files and settings are in where her files used to be! eeek! wtf??
thanks!! It is great
THIS IS AMAZING! ive installed windows 7 a couple of times cause it kept screwing up, i kept getting these windows old files, i deleted all my user and custom installed stuff but was unable to delete "trusted installer" files, i kept getting an error message and despite manually changing ownership it still didnt work
This script works 100%
Many thanks to the script creator! and uploader
Trying to transfer files from old Hd to new computer but all were access denied and couldn't.
This changed permissions all at once, thanks. Simply genius!!
Hi, a couple of peolel have asked about an 'undo' command for this but I can't find any response.
I have tried the script on a small set of system folders (on Win7) and it does what it says – 'trustedinstaller' permission has now gone and I have full control.
But what about if/when these files need updating by a real 'TrustedInstaller' (i.e.. a Windows Installer app – won't there be problems? I won't risk running it on any other folders until I can undo it after I have fixed the files that need fixing.
Me again.
After a Windows Update and a reboot, all 3 files that I replaced using this method have been automatically replaced again with the corrupted ones. So not a long-lasting fix at all.
I have been searching forever to find something to help me delete these permission files. This is the best! i install it and now the files r gone. Thanks for this .
I just HAD to leave a comment here.
You, the script author saved me A WHOLE LOT of time. Years even, by this simple script of yours, and you even made another script to uninstall it. Perfection.
I had to click 30 times (going in and out of tedious win7 permissions/ownership menus) just to delete A SINGLE FILE in windows 7 (some cockup of installing a dual boot XP OS and it creating some random folders in a root of one of my hard drives cos my processor has HT WTF, with permissions all tightly locked up).
Fucked I was, as there were about 2 folders with 30 subdirectories each, and about 20 files in each directory. Imagine 30 clicks to delete each file to get rid of all of that… wait, let me calculate that for you – that's 36,000 clicks.
You just saved me 36,000 clicks, my mouse, and my sanity with your script. I thank you profusely.
Thanks for this Hal I appreciate it a lot.
I often recommend you to friends all over the world.
Good onyah mate
Cannot take ownership of any applications. Why not?
I tried 2 different programs to delete a folder on my hard drive and they didn't work. Take Ownership got the job done in 5 seconds.
THIS LITTLE NUGGET is all kinds of awesome. If you can't get it to work, just right-click on it and select "Run as Administrator".
On a related note, I couldn't find it in my Installation Files library, so I came here to download it again. Asked to select a destination folder, lo-and-behold there's the old folder with my original .reg file. … which I must have gotten from somewhere else. Comparing them in Notepad, the original adds a shield to its context menu entry:
@="Take Ownership"
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"


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And today transmedia and crossmedia platforms enable us to go beyond the boundaries of traditional MMO limitations and explore new subsets of these game worlds as well. Just last month, Syfy and Trion Worlds launched their transmedia project, Defiance. With this next iteration and first-of-its-kind transmedia effort, this collaboration hopes to entice non-MMO players to give the game side of Defiance a try, and get the MMO players to watch the show.
Read more of Genese Davis's Transcending MMOs with Transmedia.
I think transmedia can work but as with all things its situational. With Defiance for me it didnt i love the tv show but have no interest in FPS games especially if i have to pay to try it first. However as you mentioned with WotLK similar transmedia in a genre i like would probaly convince me to try a game or watch a film i may of dismissed before.
Blizzard has done a great job with their cinematics and raised the bar for other companies. Even though I don't play WoW anymore, I'll always give props to Blizz for putting out a classy product.
I've seen some really excellent film trailers for other games that don't translate into good in-game cutscenes; the characters are hideous, the movement isn't fluid, the graphics terribad, etc. I think if the quality is there across all the media, it can work really well. But if it isn't, everything can suffer.
I think TSW also did a great job at spannign multiple outlets to get people interested in the game. They used Websites, ARG's, twitter feeds, facebook and other forms of media to get people really excited about the game. It is just that once you get in the game, all of this multi-media stops.
Why is it that game companies do not look to try to expand the experiences within and outside the game. Neverwinter is doing this a bit with their Gateway whcih allows you to work on your professions outside the game, or get email. The world of warcraft app even lets you tune into your online guild chat from the app, which is good. But there is no real gameplay here.
Could they integrate so that you get pertinate backstory or details through media outside the game if you opt-in. Give you a chance to work on game specific things outside the game, such as TSW investigation questlines. Even getting introductions of prominent NPC's which you can then possibly build a reputation with through your out of game conversations.
Transmedia is only in its infancy, but I think it is an minamally tapped resource for the future of online games.
When I play an MMO, the game itself is the only source of canon. Nothing outside the game exists to me. I'm stubborn that way.
The funny thing about the lich king cinematic was that I was watching it as someone not versed in Warcraft lore, and it played out as a great mystery. Who was this prince? Where did he come from? What happened to him? What did he want? It was a fantastic teaser for a game that wasn't the one I was about to play.
Playing a character through Northrend was extremely frustrating because his story came only in random dribs and drabs - I wanted to understand who this person was. I didn't want to be led by the nose, but I never really had any choice of what story to follow - the lore was constantly throwing random plotlines at me about arcane magic and cults and giants that didn't seem to come from anywhere or go anywhere. When Arthas lore happened, it happened sort of out of the blue without any context and didn't seem to assemble into a meaningful story. So in the end, I just made up my own story.
The part that I am doubtful about is how many new players who have not played a MMO before will play because of the TV series? Remembering that Defiance is a MMOFPS and would not really be their first MMO. And if they do play Defiance how long will they stay?
Everything I have seen in my life shows that those who want to do something will find a way. If people want to play computer games, learn how to play golf, get fit, see more films…it does not matter what it is, they will do it. So if these people watching the TV series are not already MMO players or even not already gamers, will they stay?
The TV series may entice them to give the game a go, but I doubt many will stay. If they had no interest in that direction before they are not suddenly going to gain an interest. The one exception to this is the power of the herd, if viewers think their friends are playing they may play and stick with it just because of that.
So the paring of TV and MMO makes them both stronger, but I do not think the game will see an influx of long term players from the TV viewers.
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I think transmedia can work but as with all things its situational.
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How are you doing Chris? Haven't heard from you in a while! What's new?
Chris that is a great thing that happened for your Thanksgiving, mine was peaceful, quiet just me and my mom with some friends
Enjoy working on the essay! You'll do well, I'm sure!
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Thank you for the roses! You have a hug for that!
Thought you might want to kick back and relax after all that you've been to!
It's an honor to know you as well! Everything is going day by day as I'm always am expecting a miracle everyday!
If everyone got a C or D and they normally get an A, there has got to something wrong somewhere. Everyone should get together and confront him. Can't see you getting a C if you were getting such great grades! Good to support! you! You are a great friend!
Cook?! Never thought of that! Are there anyone else that did a great job, but gave a grade that wasn't as what they expected as you? Maybe you should talk with them and come to him to see what happened! You will do well as always!
I'm glad that you are doing okay! I'm glad that you are doing so well in your classes! Why did your teacher give you the grade that he did? Did you ask him? Was it content or punctuation? It's always great to talk with you! You are a great friend!
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Hope your Thanksgiving was something to be thankful for! God lbless you for being a great friend!
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That's okay. I'm sure there's plenty more that I don't know! Maybe they can add that to one of the trivia games! :)
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I would put the operating system and all your utilities ( virus scanner, internet browsers, ms office, ect ) on your SSD drive.
Then you should install your Favorite Online or Offline game on the SSD....if you have room put your top 2 Favorite.
Storage type items will go on your old hard drive. This includes Movies, Songs, Games you do not play much anymore.
When I change my favorite MMO or game im playing...then I move the game folder from the SSD to the regulard Hard Drive for storage...and use the free space to install my new favorite game. This way if you ever want to play your other game again you can just move it back to the SSD without having to reinstall.
So in short...anything you wil be using a lot that has to write and load data from a hard drive or you wish it to be at its top speed..needs to be on the SSD.....and the operating system does a lot of writing and reading for every other program.
The difference of having your OS on the SSD is very noticable. Well worth it.
I would have trouble going back to an HD after using an SSD
OS on the SSD:
Your boot time will be about 5-10 seconds. When you click on stuff it will pop up instantly. Your system will run a hell of a lot quieter as well without the HDD having to spin for everything you do. System scans like anti-virus and malware become quick and easy processes to do.
OS on the HDD: Its safer. Tried and true.
IMO i see no reason to have an SSD and not have the OS on it. Its good for some games with a lot of heavy load screens, wich an SSD will reduce significantly, other than that no FPS gains ect. Youll want to keep games your not playing, and games that dont have a lot of load screens or long load times on the HDD. I found games like TSW, which has a fairly long launcher load and them game load at the start firerd up extremely quick, and Darkfall which has an epic between deaths,and start up load time was significantly reduced. Also its kind of fun popping out of an instance with your group of buddies and be out first, as well as in some games with PVP and instances (DF again i noticed this) it would actually save my life if i had to port of a dungeon whith gankers chasing me, and i was running while they were on the load screen. Again youll gain no FPS or lag benefits, just load time reduction. Several game i have see absolutly no benefit at all and i keep those on my HDD.
Any 120gig SSD will have enough room for your OS and the game your playing (possibly 2-3)
Just be sure you change your settings to keep downloads to your HDD and install all non essential stuff to your HDD.
The OS on the SSD is soemthing that makes going back to an OS on a HDD really hard to do, especially when you get use to restarting and being back to your desktop in the amount of time it takes to take a few breaths of air.
If you dont care about boot times ect, and just want the room for more games or whatever, then you wont miss the OS on the SDD, once you put it on there theres no going back, youll be hooked.


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"We have a really deeply committed group of leaders, and they've been very visible leaders in the school," Wirth said. "We also have a lot of students who have stepped up to be informal leaders in the community."
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