This tutorial will show you how to add Take Ownership to the context menu of all files, folders, and drives for all users in Windows 10. Show This will allow you to be able to instantly take ownership of a file, folder (and all contents), or drive (and all contents) by changing the owner to the current user and grant the Owner_Rights SID (for current owner) full access permission. You must be an administrator to be able to add, remove, and use the "Take Ownership" context menu. When you right click or press and hold on a file, folder, or drive and click/tap on Take Ownership, you will be prompted by UAC for permission to do so first. If a user is signed in as an administrator, then the user would just click/tap on Yes to approve and take ownership. The owner of the file, folder, or drive would be changed to the current user account. Permissions would be set to allow this current owner (Owner_Rights SID) full control of the file, folder, or drive. If a user is signed in as a standard user, then the user would need to enter a selected administrator's password to approve and take ownership. The owner of the file, folder, or drive would be changed to the selected administrator account and not the standard user. Permissions would be set to allow this current owner (Owner_Rights SID) full control of the file, folder, or drive. The Take Ownership context menu will not be available when you right click or press and hold only on the specific C: drive, C:\Program Files folder, C:\Program Files (x86) folder, C:\ProgramData folder, C:\Users folder, and C:\Windows folder. This was done by design since taking ownership of the Windows "C:" drive and these specific system folders can make Windows unstable as it would also take ownership of all their content at the same time. You will still be able to use the Take Ownership context menu on files and folders inside the locations above, and on all drives other than the C drive and FAT32 drives. Application files (ex: EXE, CMD, MSI) will have the Take Ownership context menu without replacing Run as administrator. Taking Ownership of a FAT32 drive will not work and you will get an error indicating so since file permissions are only supported on NTFS and ReFS drives. If you would like to have a custom location(s) of your own to not have the context menu, then please feel free to post a request in this tutorial thread. I'll be happy to post back with a custom .reg file for it. This context menu will only work with English Windows 10 installations. If you have a different language, then please post a reply with what language you have instead. I'll be happy to post back a translated version for you. EXAMPLE: Take Ownership in Context Menu  1 Do step 2 (add), step 3 (add w/pause), or step 4 (remove) below for what you would like to do. 2 To Add "Take Ownership" to Context Menu A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file you want below, and go to step 5 below. Add_Take_Ownership_to_context_menu.reg Download OR Add_Shift+Right-Click_Take_Ownership_to_context_menu.reg Download 3 To Add "Take Ownership" with Pause to Context Menu This option pauses the command when you use the "Take Ownership" context menu to be able to see the command results. This can be handy to verify if changing ownership and permissions was successfully processed or not. A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file you want below, and go to step 5 below. Add_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg Download OR Add_Shift+Right-Click_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg Download 4 To Remove "Take Ownership" from Context Menu This is the default setting. A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 5 below. Remove_Take_Ownership_from_context_menu.reg Download 5 Save the .reg file to your Desktop. 6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it. 7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge. 8 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like. That's it, Related Tutorials
How do I add take ownership to the context menu in Windows 11?Right-click the WindowsApps folder and select Show more options at the bottom of the context menu. Click the new Take Ownership option in the classic menu, and select Yes in UAC prompts.
How do I take Grant and owner permissions in Windows 10?It is a simple process to grant access to specific users for any folder you have created.. Access the Properties dialog box.. Select the Security tab.. Click Edit. ... . Click Add... ... . In the Enter the object names to select text box, type the name of the user or group that will have access to the folder (e.g., 2125. ... . Click OK.. How do you take ownership?14 ways to take ownership at work. Remind yourself why you chose your job. ... . Be proactive instead of reactive. ... . Practice managing up. ... . Balance expressing your ideas with supporting others' ideas. ... . Communicate with your employer about your career goals. ... . Ask for constructive feedback. ... . Practice active listening.. What is take ownership in windows?Any users with the Take ownership of files or other objects user right can take control of any object, regardless of the permissions on that object, and then make any changes that they want to make to that object.
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