Friday 2 December 2011

How to take ownership of a file or folder (either system or not) in windows

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UPDATE: How to take ownership of a file in Windows 8

In the above process due to some reason some errors occurred like we are unable to save the file or some error message comes like "Destination to folder access is denied" or "Folder location is not available" or "Access is denied".

The process will describe you to take the ownership of a file in Windows 7. You need to read how to  take ownership of a system file in Windows 8 to know about about change ownership of a file in Windows 8.

Also See: How to take permissioon or ownership of a registry key in Windows

1. Select the file or folder whose ownership you want to take and right click of mouse on it and choose "Properties".
2. On the property window navigate to "Security" tab.
Also Check: How to Enable/Disable missing security tab in Windows XP and 7
3. Click on "Advanced".
4. On the open advanced security option window navigate to "Owner" tab.
5. Now click on "Edit".
6. a new window for advanced security option will be opened.
7. you will find a table asking for "Change owner to". Now select the local user to which you want to take the ownership.
8. Below that you will find an check box "replace owner on sub containers and objects".
9. Just tick the check box.
[Screen shot for the Process from steps 2 to 9]

10. Now apply all the modified setting.
11. During apply the changes it will show an message "You dont have the permission to read the file or the contents of the directory. Do you want to change the permission of the file or folder to full control. All permission will be replaced if you press ok".
12. Just ignore the message and Press ok.

Also Check: Add take ownership option as a shortcut in Windows context menu

That is it.Now the ownership of the file will be changed and the logged user will be able to access the file or folder.

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  1. hi iam dharmasena i have used idm version now it has exit and asks for serial key ihave even used key but it fails plz help me my email.is dharmasenaraut@gmail.com

  2. @ Dharma sena rout
    You need to read the entire process http://www.mihirbabu.com/2012/12/update-idm-618-with-serial-key-free.html described here carefully and then complete each steps. You will able to register your IDM.

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