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04-29-2009
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| | How to change a file's owner? This Vista permission business occasionally drives me nuts! I have a file that is owned by "Administrators" and even though I am member of group Administrators I can not delete that darn file. Apparently those file's permissions are set such only "Trusted Installers" do have special permissions. How can I modify that? How do I take ownership of that file, so that I can erase it? Michael |
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04-29-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: How to change a file's owner? Hello Michael, This tutorial will help show you how to take ownership of a item. Take Ownership of file If you are using the 32-bit Vista, then the free program "Unlocker" may help you delete that file as well. UNLOCKER 1.8.7 BY CEDRICK 'NITCH' COLLOMB Hope this helps, Shawn  Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Moser  This Vista permission business occasionally drives me nuts! I have a file that is owned by "Administrators" and even though I am member of group Administrators I can not delete that darn file. Apparently those file's permissions are set such only "Trusted Installers" do have special permissions. How can I modify that? How do I take ownership of that file, so that I can erase it? Michael |
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04-29-2009
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| | Re: How to change a file's owner? In message <ed8f168f2db6b7d0bb473e7d5863158e@xxxxxx-gateway.com> Brink <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> was claimed to have wrote: Quote: >If you are using the 32-bit Vista, then the free program "Unlocker" may >help you delete that file as well. > >'UNLOCKER 1.8.7 BY CEDRICK 'NITCH' COLLOMB' >(http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) applications which write data, and after using it you should reboot immediately to avoid potential corruption of any file open on the system at the time when Unlocker was used. This is a powerful tool, directly manipulating file handles should not be done lightly. |
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