Comments on: Free utility & context menu registry hack to take ownership/full control of multiple system files from different locations in Windows Vista http://thinkabdul.com/2007/05/07/free-utility-context-menu-registry-hack-to-take-ownershipfull-control-of-multiple-system-files-from-different-locations-in-windows-vista/ The Latest in Computers, Mobiles and Internet Technology Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rob Klein http://thinkabdul.com/2007/05/07/free-utility-context-menu-registry-hack-to-take-ownershipfull-control-of-multiple-system-files-from-different-locations-in-windows-vista/#comment-117282 Rob Klein Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:12:21 +0000 http://thinkabdul.com/2007/05/07/free-utility-context-menu-registry-hack-to-take-ownershipfull-control-of-multiple-system-files-from-different-locations-in-windows-vista/#comment-117282 You guys rock! It is so annoying to be an admin and yet not be able to easily access files on your own hard drive, and then to make it such a cumbersome process to first take ownership and then grant yourself access to each file/object... I can't help wondering "What were they thinking?!" I installed vista on a new hard drive I added to my WinXP system, because (among other things) my old hard drive was just too small and didn't have room for expansion. I was thinking I'd install vista and then copy over all my documents and other vital files from my XP system drive. It was a nasty shock to not be able to read or copy my own files! I ended up using the command line because both "takeown" and "icacls" can be applied recursively to subdirectories. So I ran both commands recursively on my old "My Documents" folder. You guys rock! It is so annoying to be an admin and yet not be able to easily access files on your own hard drive, and then to make it such a cumbersome process to first take ownership and then grant yourself access to each file/object… I can’t help wondering “What were they thinking?!”

I installed vista on a new hard drive I added to my WinXP system, because (among other things) my old hard drive was just too small and didn’t have room for expansion. I was thinking I’d install vista and then copy over all my documents and other vital files from my XP system drive. It was a nasty shock to not be able to read or copy my own files!

I ended up using the command line because both “takeown” and “icacls” can be applied recursively to subdirectories. So I ran both commands recursively on my old “My Documents” folder.

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