How To Add Take Ownership Shortcut to the Right Click Menu

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In Windows7 you might need to take ownership of files on your computer. Even if you are signed in as an administrator, sometimes you will see a message saying “access denied” when you try to open a file or folder. This is highly annoying and as I stated, to take ownership of the file is a nightmare.

This is why I suggest you use this registry edit that adds a take ownership shortcut to your right click menu. This means that when you come across a file you cannot open, you can simply right click on it and choose to take ownership from the menu. But if you only want to take ownership for a folder or several files, you can try these tips : How to take ownership of a file on your computer

How to add take ownership to your right click menu?

First, download this file. This is one registry file to add the take ownership to the right click menu and there is another file to remove it. This is a zip file. Download here.


You simply have to double click on the file to install it to registry. Then when you right click on a file you can simply choose to take ownership.
You might get a secutrity warning, however you just need to press RUN. Then you will probably be asked to confirm this change again.

The dialog box will appear show that the registry key has been entered into your Windows registry.

Notes about adding take ownership to your right click menu :
* Make sure all REG files are associated with the Registry and not with Notepad because when you double-click on the file it would open notepad and not the registry.
* You can also do this manually but when taking ownership of folders make sure you tick “Replace owner on subcontainers and objects” so you can have ownership of all files contained in the folders.
* Choosing to run as Administrator is not the same as logging in as an admin.
This is an easy way to take ownership of your files on a Windows Seven Computer.Hope these usefull