Take Ownership Of A File/folder Using A Script
Aug 9, 2005Does anyone know how to take ownership of a file using a script?Or any tools that a script/program could invoke to do this?
View 4 RepliesDoes anyone know how to take ownership of a file using a script?Or any tools that a script/program could invoke to do this?
View 4 RepliesI have a drive (D:) that I am trying to delete remnants of a corrupted OS (XP Prof) and am having a difficult time trying to eliminate 3 folders: a) My Documents; b) Recycler;c) System volume information. I have gone into Safe Mode, to take ownership of these folders but to no avail. I am logged on as Administrator, and have gone this route because in normal and safe modes, the message of "ACCESS DENIED" comes up. Need some
direction.
I want to take ownership of a folder that has been owend by the administrator of a windows that doesn't exist anymore. It's the "documents and settings" folder which promts "access denied" when trying to acces it.
I've been told to right click folder, properties, and then go to security tab. Well there is no such tab. I'm using Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and there are only "General", "Sharing", and "Customize" tabs
Ever since I set it up I have not been able to access the user profile folders on the server.
Yesterday I had to get into one of them (A security issue!(another story)) And eventually I found out that the reason I was getting the message
'Access Denied'
Was because know one actually owned them. Once I took ownership of them, I could then add my user to the permissions list, and get into them. (I have to do this for every profile and subfolder in there.)
I had a new motherboard installed in my laptop and now i cannot open a folder in my Documents and Setting. I am the administrator of the computer and i read the thread about taking ownership, but i am confused as to how to start on safe mode. I am not too knowledgeable about this sort of things .
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It seem to me the private folders are private under "My Documents" in C: drive.
I read from Help, it says a drive MUST be NTFS
But I type
convert D: /fs:ntfs
It says my D drive already is NTFS format.
Since it already in NTFS, then why I can't
make it private?
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