Windows 10: why do i get the message , unable to set new owner to a file,whenever i want change owner...

why do i get the message , unable to set new owner to a file,whenever i want change owner of a file or folder.

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Registry Editor "Unable to set new owner on [redacted], access is denied"

Hello, so I'm trying to change the owner on a certain key in the registry. The owner currently is SYSTEM, and I have only read access. I went into Regedit and went into permissions, advanced, change owner, and tried inputting my name, but when I click apply
it says it is unable to set new owner, access is denied. I have never seen the registry editor fail to set a new owner. What steps should I take to be able to change the owner? The key is in local machine.

So far I have tried disabling inheritance but that also failed as the regedit gave the same error.

Thanks

 

Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 10


Hi,

I followed tour tutorial to change some registry keys permissions, and found it very easy to follow because it is quite detailed and well explained as always with Brinhk's. However, I fill the case to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" (step 11). Under "Applies to" I can red "This key and subkeys", but it doesn't work, and I get an error message:Unable to set new owner on key name
Access is denied
For the change to be accepted, I have to empty the case to "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".

Therefore, I have to repeat the same for each subcontainer, which takes me a very long time because I have to do that on several registry keys with many subkeys on different parts of the registry.
Does it have to be done in a special order? I start with "Owner Unable to display current owner. Change", and then go to the "Add" button.

How can I make it work, please?

 

Excel changes the owner of file during save


I just duplicated the problem with a brand new Excel file that had nothing to do with the old XP machine ...

• Signed in as the original owner who is in the administrator group
• Created a new Excel file in the same folder as above
• Edited the file with Excel as the original owner ... saved
• Checked ownership and permissions. Everything looks OK, including the inherited permissions from the folder
• Signed off
• Signed on as a second user who is not in the Administrator group
• Edited the the file with Excel as the second user ... saved the file with changes
• Signed off
• Signed on as the original owner
• Checked ownership and permissions. The ownership of the file has changed to the second user.

The original and second users are the exact same users described in the post above. Uggghhh ...

Clueless in Houston ...