Windows 10: Taking over the ownership

Discus and support Taking over the ownership in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Hi there,I'm having an issue with files stores within C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Here's the problem:I would like to play Forza Horizon 5 using my... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by musazichle, Nov 11, 2021.

  1. MUSAZICHLE
    musazichle Win User

    Taking over the ownership


    Hi there,I'm having an issue with files stores within C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Here's the problem:I would like to play Forza Horizon 5 using my steering wheel - Logitech G27.To make it work in the desired way, I would like to add this game to the Logitech Profiler - this allows to customize all the settings.Unfortunately, in order to do it, I need to add ForzaHorizon5.exe file to the profiler. It wasn't easy to find it, because unlike Steam or any other game clients, Xbox application will not show where exactly .exe file is. I managed to locate it here:C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microso

    :)
     
    musazichle, Nov 11, 2021
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  2. SAYAN_GHOSH
    Sayan_Ghosh Win User

    Take Ownership

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

    From the description of the issue, I understand that you are unable to take full ownership of the files and folders.

    I would recommend you to see if you are logged in administrator account, if not then enable it. Please follow the below steps.

    I would suggest you to enable the built in administrator account.

    You need to run the command from an elevated command prompt. To do that you need to do the following:

    • Press the Windows key t+ R from the keyboard to open the Run Command Dialog Box
    • Enter cmd and right-click on the Command Prompt result that should appear.
    • This opens a list of options at the bottom. Select Run as administrator there.
    • Accept the UAC prompt
    • Enter the following command to enable the hidden administrator account:
      net user administrator /active:yes
    Hope the above information was helpful. If you need further assistance, please do let us know and we would be happy to help you further.

    Thank You.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, Nov 11, 2021
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  3. GERHARDUSVANG
    GerhardusVanG Win User
    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, Nov 11, 2021
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  4. JAMESDODDS14
    JamesDodds14 Win User

    Taking over the ownership

    Take Ownership Takes Over

    I used a .reg file to add "Take Ownership" to my right click context menu, but now it's at the top of the list in BOLD and it automatically executes when I right click on a folder in Windows Explorer (not other file explorers), instead of the folder simply
    opening (SIGH) How can I make Take Ownership just a regular choice?
     
    JamesDodds14, Nov 11, 2021
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