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File Ownership Question - F11 - May 27, 2017
So, I know how to take ownership and full control of files and such, but I was just wondering if it's fully safe?
I don't need ownership of just certain folders, I was thinking I could just take full control and ownership of the c drive itself and that give me full control / permissions for anything within the c drive.
Is this correct?
I just don't wanna have to bother doing it folder by folder if and when I need to in the future.
* - hasanas - May 28, 2017
It should be completely safe unless you start doing really sketchy stuff, just be careful, but other than that, you should be OK
* - F11 - May 28, 2017
(May 28, 2017 09:19 AM)hasanas Wrote: It should be completely safe unless you start doing really sketchy stuff, just be careful, but other than that, you should be OK
Ok, thanks. I don't do anything 'sketchy', so I'm not worried about that. Just wanted to make sure it didn't affect anything the pc does.
* - RyanLa - May 28, 2017
Just as hasanas said, it's safe unless you do something that could damage your pc
* - zakhol - Jun 25, 2017
Some password manager will have the features of files manger without any files lost
* - Striploin - Jul 10, 2017
Create a blank file called Take Ownership.reg
Open with your favorite text editor and paste the following
Code
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"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\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"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"This will add a Context menu option that will take the ownership of the selected files.