Add or Remove the Take Ownership Option to the Right Click Context Menu
By Maximilian on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 11:54
Taking ownership files or folders in Windows in general, is a process that takes time and a bit of attention. Fortunately for us, there are solutions which allow you to add or remove the Take Ownership shortcut to the right click context menu. In this article I will cover two of these solutions.
NOTE: If you access this option from the contextual menu, the owner of the selected file or folder will automatically change to your username.
Adding the Take Ownership Option
There are several ways to add the Take Ownership option in the right click context menu:
The first method involves using a little utility called Rizone Take Ownership Shell Extension. Just download the file TakeOwnership.zip and then extract the archive to a folder.
Launch the utility by clicking TOwnership.exe, press the Install button and you are done.
For those of you who wish another way to add this option to the right click context menu, just download the file we attached at the bottom of this article, called Add_Take_Ownership.reg. Once the download ends, double-click on the file.
Confirm the action by pressing the Yes button.
Finally, you will get a confirmation message that the change has been done.
To test if it worked, just right click on a file or a folder and see if the Take Ownership option appears.
Remove the Take Ownership Option
Rizone Take Ownership Shell Extension also offers the possibility to remove the Take Ownership option from the right click context menu. Go to the application's folder and launch it by clicking on TOwnership.exe. Then just press the Uninstall button to complete.
You can also remove this option from context menu by using the file we attached to the bottom of this article, called Remove_Take_Ownership.reg. Download it and make the necessary confirmations, as shown in the section above.
Conclusion
By using these solutions, taking ownership of files and folders can be done with minimum effort. Just follow the steps and you'll solve things quickly. If you have any questions on the subject, don't hesitate to leave a comment.
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| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Add_Take_Ownership.reg | 1.38 KB |
| Remove_Take_Ownership.reg | 244 bytes |
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Comments
Thanks! This goes well with
Thanks! This goes well with the "Run as administrator" option also in my context menu. Something I use constantly.
Max--I think Jasray turned
Max--I think Jasray turned you on to the program; I see the link under the "old" way of Taking Ownership. That's sort of a cheat!
I don't think that's
I don't think that's cheating. We want to offer best ways to accomplish your goal, even when referring to custom solutions provided by us or offering another application. It is true that jasray provided the link to the program and we considered that the application is worth mentioning in a separate tutorial. I think it's a sign that every comment it's taken into consideration.
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