Script to Take Ownership and Grant Full Control

[admin]

Use this script to easily take ownership and grant Administrators full control access from command prompt.

Warn that the script works recursively.

More information here.

[Elfin]

I had a weird goof lately, While selecting a directory to install a program, to I accidently drug and dropped a large folder into another directory. This was in Win XP.

I had to use Vista to even get it so that I could see the directory and contents. Somehow the drag and drop caused the folder permissions to be lost for the whole large backup directory.

Well I finally did figure out the permissions setting routine by trial and error, but realised I would have to do it for each and every file This directory has 412 files in it.

So a little googling later and I found this thread. What a Lifesaver this little command is. It worked a treat and reset all of the permissions back to normal.
I am one happy Nerd, Thank you.

P.s. Sorry I am a bit rambly but I am very happy at the moment.

[addbudy]

hello, I have a serious problem, I need its aid, that tendria that to write exactly in Cmd.exe? if I want to have control of “C:\windows”? thanks, hopefully can help me

[reilus]

how do I get the permissions back to normal????

Thanx...

[sabrehawk]

iCACLS Vista Command Prompt Tool to Manage ACLs » My Digital Life

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...o-manage-acls/

http://www.bpsoftware.com/products/BPACLer/

[William26]

the file downloads to desktop but when I run it, it doesn't seem to unzip and give me the .reg file. Is there a step I am missing? Or is the link not properly connected to the file?

thanks

[TheShadowFL]

Originally Posted by William26

the file downloads to desktop but when I run it, it doesn't seem to unzip and give me the .reg file. Is there a step I am missing? Or is the link not properly connected to the file?
thanks

to take all the pain and sorrow out of UN-Zipping downloaded files,
get and install "7Zip". (it's FREE)

Then all you have to do to unzip a file is right click it.
Then on the drop down menu, select 7Zip....on it's own drop down menu,
select 'Extract Here' to unzip the file in it's present location. Job done!

Like so many, I suffered with zip'd files for years, until finally getting 7Zip.
It's by far the best archiving program I've ever used.

Cheers Mates!
The Shadow

[glasscreations]

Can you simplify the instructions I am an advanced computer user but as far as old school scripts go I'm lost. I came into computers at the end of the dos era so I know the basics of dos but not a whole lot of tricky commands.

Do I need to edit the script for it to work?
Do I need to place it in a specific place?
Can I make it change all files in a folder and sub folders at once?

Can you give me step by step instructions with explanations.

[Heidegger]

Here's a reg file that adds a Take Ownership command to your context menu for all items and directories.

[persuasive]

Thanx a lot for the reg file!!!