{"id":4021,"date":"2016-09-06T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T11:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=4021"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:11:19","slug":"take-ownership-via-right-click-context-menu-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/take-ownership-via-right-click-context-menu-add\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Ownership of File or Folder via Right-click Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

We saw how to Take Ownership of a file or folder using the takeown.exe<\/a> command-line tool. You can add the “Take Ownership” command to the right-click menu to make it easier to access.<\/p>\n

Add “Take Ownership” to the right-click menu<\/h2>\n

Download take_ownership_context_menu.zip<\/a>, unzip the file, and run the enclosed REG file. Click Yes to confirm.<\/p>\n

This adds the “Take Ownership” command to the right-click menu for files and folders.<\/p>\n

To access the menu item, press Shift and right-click on a file or folder. Click “Take ownership”. For folders, the command takes ownership and assigns permissions recursively (i.e., for the current folder, files, subfolders, and all files in the subfolders.)<\/p>\n

\"take<\/p>\n

After the command completes execution, you can see the results in the Command Prompt window.<\/p>\n

\"take<\/p>\n

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Contents of the REG file<\/h4>\n
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Add Take Ownership command to the context menu\n;Take ownership of a file\/folder, and provide \"Administrators\" group Full Control permissions.\n;For Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows 11.\n\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\*\\shell\\runas]\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\*\\shell\\runas]\n@=\"Take Ownership\"\n\"Extended\"=\"\"\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\n\"NoWorkingDirectory\"=\"\"\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\*\\shell\\runas\\command]\n@=\"cmd.exe \/k takeown \/f \\\"%1\\\" && icacls \\\"%1\\\" \/grant *S-1-5-32-544:F\"\n\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\runas]\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\runas]\n@=\"Take Ownership\"\n\"Extended\"=\"\"\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\n\"NoWorkingDirectory\"=\"\"\n\"AppliesTo\"=\"NOT (System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\Users\\\" OR System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\ProgramData\\\" OR System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\Windows\\\" OR System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\" OR System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\" OR System.ItemPathDisplay:=\\\"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\")\"\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\runas\\command]\n@=\"cmd.exe \/k takeown \/f \\\"%1\\\" \/r \/d y && icacls \\\"%1\\\" \/grant *S-1-5-32-544:F \/t \/c\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
That’s it. It’s much easier now to take ownership of a file or folder without manually opening the admin Command Prompt window every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We saw how to Take Ownership of a file or folder using the takeown.exe command-line tool. 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