How to take ownership in Windows 8

[FukenGruven]

Windows 8 changes it's ACL scheme..

although possible.. it's a bit tricky.

obviously, you must be an administrator.

- works for files and registry.

Transcript

Right click > select Propertieshighlight Administratorselect both checkboxes under "Allow"click "Advanced"click "Change"click "Advanced"click "Find Now"highlight Administrator w/out down arrowpress OKselect Checkbox for "Replace owner on subconotainers and objects"press OKpress OK

Alternatively, you can use RegOwnit as mentioned by knowledge.

Edited December 26, 2013 by FukenGruven

[kn_andre]

Kudos for your Educative Post .. Cheers

[Kalju]

Windows 8 changes it's ACL scheme..

although possible.. it's a bit tricky.

obviously, you must be an administrator.

- works for files and registry.

Transcript

Right click > select Propertieshighlight Administratorselect both checkboxes under "Allow"click "Advanced"click "Change"click "Advanced"click "Find Now"highlight Administrator w/out down arrowpress OKselect Checkbox for "Replace owner on subconotainers and objects"press OKpress OK

Alternatively, you can use RegOwnit as mentioned by knowledge.

It would be nice if it were that easy.. But after all, is not. As you may see for yourself soon, if you examine things a bit more.

[FukenGruven]

It would be nice if it were that easy.. But after all, is not. As you may see for yourself soon, if you examine things a bit more.

don't understand..

[knowledge-Spammer]

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/take-ownership-windows-8

or

How to take ownership (Permission) of a file or Folder in Windows 8 (Either System or not)

How to take ownership of a file and Folder in Windows 8 – will show you the step by step process to take the ownership of a file or Folder (either system or not) and the permission to access the file completely in Windows 8. The process will complete in two stages, One is to change the ownership of that file from system to your local user and another is to give permission to that local user to access that completely (Full Control). It works on all versions of Windows 8 (Windows 8. Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT). The process is slightly different from how to take ownership and change permission setting in Windows 7 and XP.

Also Check: How To Create A Folder Without Name And Icon In Windows 8

Whenever you are trying to modify any of the system file or folder then you need to give the full ownership and permission to full control to your local or logged user otherwise you will not able to modify it. By default the system files are owned by the System or the Administrator. But whenever you are logging to Windows 8 then a local user with the same name to administrator (If another user is not created) logged in. So before modifying the System files and folder give full permission and ownership to the local user (Not the Administrator).

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows 8

1. Go to the folder that contains the file or Folder whose ownership you want to change.
2. Right Click of mouse on that file or Folder and Choose “Properties“.
3. Navigate to “Security” tab.
4. Click on “Advanced” on the Security tab to open the Advance security setting for the file.
5. On the Owner ; Click on “Change“.
6. Click on “Advanced” on the open “Select User or Group” Window.
7. Click on “Find Now” on the open Window.
8. It will show you all the available user on the Search results.
9. Now select the user that you want to give the ownership and click on “OK“.
10. Again Click on “OK” on the “Select User or Group” to change the ownership.
11. Now the Ownership for that file or folder is changed.
12. Now apply all the changes and Click on OK and close all the open Window.
13. That is it.

How to change permission of a file or folder in Windows 8

1. Go to the folder that contains the file or Folder whose ownership you want to change.
2. Right Click of mouse on that file or Folder and Choose “Properties“.
3. Navigate to “Security” tab (You need to enable the missing security tab in the property windows of Windows 8 if that is not present there).
4. Click on “Edit” on the Change permission.
5. Now it will the Windows to change the permission.
6. Now select the user whose permission you want to change on the “Group or User names“.
7. Now on the permission for Selected user tick below the Allow Section of Full Control.
8. Now click on “Apply“.
9. It will show you a warning message “You are about to change the permission setting on system folders. This can reduce the Security of your computer and cause users to have problems accessing the files. Do you want to Continue?“. Just ignore the message and Click on “Yes“.
OK 10. Now click on “OK” and close all the open Windows.
11. That is it. Now you have change the permission for the selected user and give them Full control.

or try ths

Edited December 27, 2013 by knowledge

[AR_Alex]

Or you can do it by CMD or batch files using the command "takeown"
As described in here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753024.aspx
I sometimes use it in my batch files to take ownership of files.

[Son-of-Sam]

Copy, Paste in notepad....save as .reg and Merg-or-Run it!...enjoy.....the best right Click! context menu......PUNKTOE.....

#1 Grant Admin Full Control

#2 Take Ownership.

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Windows 8.1 ..............................................................................................N sane....................................................................................

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Grant Admin Full Control
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Grant Admin Full Control"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas2]
@="Grant Admin Full Control"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas2\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Grant Admin Full Control"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="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


;Grant Admin priviliges
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\takeownership]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\takeownership\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\takeownership]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\takeownership\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\takeownership]
@="Take Ownership"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\takeownership\command]
@="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"
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Edited January 18, 2014 by Son-of-Sam