What does it mean to Take Ownership of a file or folder?

<PeoplesChoice@newsgroup> wrote in message news:gjqqv5ddgj7uesie7vdej1tshbv49unr1u@newsgroup

> What does it mean to Take Ownership of a file or folder?

It means to transfer ownership of an object from the original
owner to you, (your account).
Google ' Take Ownership ' for more information.

To take ownership of a file or a folder
How to take ownership of a file
You must have ownership of a protected file in order to access it. If another user
has restricted access and you are the computer administrator, you can access the
file by taking ownership.

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
1.. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
2.. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one
appears).
3.. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4.. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and
then click OK.

The administrator or the administrators group now owns the file.
To change the permissions on the file that you now own, follow these steps:
1.. Click Add.
2.. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or
group account that you want to have access to the file. For example, type
Administrator.
3.. Click OK.
4.. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then
select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
5.. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.
6.. You can now access the file.
How to take ownership of a folder
You must have ownership of a protected folder in order to access it. If another user
has restricted access and you are the computer administrator, you can access the
folder by taking ownership.

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
1.. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click
Properties.
2.. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one
appears).
3.. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4.. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are
logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take
ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers
and objects check box.
5.. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you
want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full
Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.

Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
6.. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want
for the folder and its contents.


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<PeoplesChoice@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> What does it mean to Take Ownership of a file or folder?

Thank you very much!

On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:47:51 -0400, "Peter Foldes"
<maci252211@newsgroup> wrote:

>To take ownership of a file or a folder
>How to take ownership of a file
>You must have ownership of a protected file in order to access it. If another user
>has restricted access and you are the computer administrator, you can access the
>file by taking ownership.
>
>To take ownership of a file, follow these steps:
> 1.. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click
>Properties.
> 2.. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one
>appears).
> 3.. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
> 4.. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and
>then click OK.
>
> The administrator or the administrators group now owns the file.
>To change the permissions on the file that you now own, follow these steps:
> 1.. Click Add.
> 2.. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or
>group account that you want to have access to the file. For example, type
>Administrator.
> 3.. Click OK.
> 4.. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then
>select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
> 5.. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.
> 6.. You can now access the file.
>How to take ownership of a folder
>You must have ownership of a protected folder in order to access it. If another user
>has restricted access and you are the computer administrator, you can access the
>folder by taking ownership.
>
>To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
> 1.. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click
>Properties.
> 2.. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one
>appears).
> 3.. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
> 4.. In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are
>logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take
>ownership of the contents of the folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers
>and objects check box.
> 5.. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:
> You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you
>want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full
>Control?
> All permissions will be replaced if you click Yes.
>
> Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
> 6.. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want
>for the folder and its contents.