Windows 10: Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

How to: Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

How to Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10


This tutorial will show you how to add Take Ownership to the context menu of all files, folders, and drives for all users in Windows 10.

This will allow you to be able to instantly take ownership of a file, folder (and all contents), or drive (and all contents) by permission[/b].

You must be an administrator to be able to add, remove, and use the "Take Ownership" context menu.

When you right click or press and hold on a file or folder and click/tap on Take Ownership, you will be prompted by UAC for permission to do so first.


If a user is signed in as an administrator, then the user would just click/tap on Yes to approve and take ownership. The owner of the file, folder, or drive would be changed to the current user account. Permissions would be set to allow this current owner (Owner_Rights SID) full control of the file, folder, or drive.

If a user is signed in as a standard user, then the user would need to enter a selected administrator's password to approve and take ownership. The owner of the file, folder, or drive would be changed to the selected administrator account and not the standard user. Permissions would be set to allow this current owner (Owner_Rights SID) full control of the file, folder, or drive.

The Take Ownership context menu will not be available when you right click or press and hold only on the specific C: drive, C:\Program Files folder, C:\Program Files (x86) folder, C:\ProgramData folder, C:\Users folder, and C:\Windows folder. This was done by design since taking ownership of the Windows "C:" drive and these specific system folders can make Windows unstable as it would also take ownership of all their content at the same time.

You will still be able to use the Take Ownership context menu on files inside the folder locations above, and on all drives other than the C drive and FAT32 drives.

Taking Ownership of a FAT32 drive will not work and you will get an error indicating so since file permissions are only supported on NTFS and ReFS drives.


If you would like to have a custom location(s) of your own to not have the context menu, then please feel free to post a request in this tutorial thread. I'll be happy to post back with a custom .reg file for it.

This context menu will only work with English Windows 10 installations. If you have a different language, then please post a reply with what language you have instead. I'll be happy to post back a translated version for you.




EXAMPLE: Take Ownership in Context Menu











Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add), step 3 (add w/pause), or step 4 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Add "Take Ownership" to Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file you want below, and go to step 5 below.

Add_Take_Ownership_to_context_menu.reg

Download

OR

Add_Shift+Right-Click_Take_Ownership_to_context_menu.reg

Download

3 To Add "Take Ownership" with Pause to Context Menu
This option pauses the command when you use the "Take Ownership" context menu to be able to see the command results. This can be handy to verify if changing ownership and permissions was successfully processed or not.





A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file you want below, and go to step 5 below.

Add_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg

Download

OR

Add_Shift+Right-Click_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg

Download

4 To Remove "Take Ownership" from Context Menu
This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .reg file below, and go to step 5 below.

Remove_Take_Ownership_from_context_menu.reg

Download

5 Save the .reg file to your Desktop.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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How to Add 'Take Ownership' to Context Menu in Windows 10

Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

 

how do i get access to all my folders

Right click on the folders and Take Ownership. If that option is not there, add it with these instructions.

How to Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

 

Hey mate,

It's working for me in build 10240. What are you seeing instead?

 

Hi Shaun,

Command works but no pause message. *Sad

 

You should see a "Press any key to continue" message at the bottom. Did you use the download under step 3?

 

Yes sir I did. Code: [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l && pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l && pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q && pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q && pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l && pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l && pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q && pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q && pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] "HasLUAShield"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command] @="\"%1\" %*" "IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"[/quote]

 

That's the correct one with pause included in the commands.

Try removing the context menu and adding it again to see if that may sort it in case something may have been changed by something after it was added the first time.

If you did, then does your registry match what's in the .reg?

 

Shaun,

Yeah, I disabled and enabled.

I don't understand, here is the reg setting.

 

I noticed that you have a different language. Substitute administrators in the commands for your language instead and see if that sorts it.

 

I tried it, but I can use any English command and it will work so this didn't

 

Ok. If you're not seeing "Press any key to continue" in the command prompt when using the pause context menu, then it's failing before reaching the pause command.

I have updated the .reg file in step 3. Please see if that helps. *Smile

Are you getting a UAC prompt when using the context menu?

 

Hi Shaun,

Now it works.




I also found why it's not working in French. The only command that it doesn't recognise is YES "y" it should be "o" for oui.

Like so for French:
Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d o && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d o && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /c /l & pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas] @="Take Ownership" "HasLUAShield"="" "NoWorkingDirectory"="" Position="middle" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas\command] @="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d o && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause" "IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d o && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t /c /l /q & pause" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] "HasLUAShield"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command] @="\"%1\" %*" "IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"[/quote] *Thumbs

 

Hi guys, I am using this to take ownership of a disk yet I am still unable to delete a folder on the disk. Ideas ?

 

Hello Xelot, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

It depends on what folder it is, and if it's currently being used or open.

If you like, see if the free program FileASSASSIN or Unlocker may be able to delete it.