Windows 10: i accidently take ownership of "C:\Documents And Settings"

Discus and support i accidently take ownership of "C:\Documents And Settings" in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; i tried to search it up nut that was not helpful is my laptop broken?sys info: Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64 AppleWebKit/537.36 KHTML, like... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Gibran Abdusyuja, Sep 13, 2023.

  1. GIBRAN ABDUSYUJA
    Gibran Abdusyuja Win User

    i accidently take ownership of "C:\Documents And Settings"


    i tried to search it up nut that was not helpful is my laptop broken?sys info: Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64 AppleWebKit/537.36 KHTML, like Gecko Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 OPR/101.0.0.0 Edition std-2Device name Epic-Flat-Box Processor AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz Installed RAM 16,0 GB 15,2 GB usable Device ID 9B6B4DCF-C53F-45CE-B615-BF6CF70AC04B Product ID 00342-42620-94857-AAOEM System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display Edition Windows 11 Home Insider Preview

    :)
     
    Gibran Abdusyuja, Sep 13, 2023
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  2. GINO DES
    Gino Des Win User

    Changed Ownership of C:\ and Can't Fix

    Hi Greg,

    Let's get this issue sorted. To better assist you with this concern, we would like to know the following information:

    • Which account is the new owner of the C drive?
    • Are you using an account with administrator rights?
    • Have you tried changing the ownership back to yourself?

    In the meantime, let's try taking back the ownership by following the steps provided by
    BurrWalnut in the following thread:
    Is there a way to take ownership of my C drive?

    You may also perform a repair upgrade using a
    Creators Update ISO     file. This method can repair broken operating system files while preserving your files, settings and installed applications. For more information and steps on how to perform a repair upgrade, kindly refer to the wiki article created
    by Andre Da Costa on the following link:
    How to perform a repair upgrade using the Windows 10 ISO file    .

    Keep us updated on the status of the issue, and we will be glad to assist you further.
     
    Gino Des, Sep 13, 2023
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  3. EXPERTNOVICE
    ExpertNovice Win User
    documents and settings in windows 10?

    Since

    • "C:\Documents and Settings" folder no longer exists on Windows 10
    • Windows 10 has an inaccessible shortcut named "C:\Documents and Settings folder" which returns "Access Denied"

    If we can find a way, can we delete the now defunct "C:\Documents and Settings" folders/shortcut?
     
    ExpertNovice, Sep 13, 2023
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  4. GERHARDUSVANG
    GerhardusVanG Win User

    i accidently take ownership of "C:\Documents And Settings"

    How to "take ownership"?


    I’ve found a small solution to hide the smiley icon. It doesn’t disable the button, it only renders the icon invisible.
    This is what I did:

    • Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and find ieframe.dll
    • Take ownership and give administrators full control
    • ...snip...
    • Save the file and copy it back to C:\Windows\System32

    ................

    So, the question is how to take "control" - I seem to still be getting permission denied errors when copying the file back to c:\Windows\System32?

    Okay so it seems that after taking ownership and giving adminstrators control, I got further - I had to also explicitly set the file permission. It did let me copy my modified .dll over the ieframe.dll, but now IE does not start up! Luckily I am running this in a VM so can revert to an earlier snapshot, but there does seem to be some fundamental step that I am missing!
     
    GerhardusVanG, Sep 13, 2023
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