It is a command line tool that resides in the system32 folder

Open a command prompt with admin privileges.

Type takeown /? to see the correct syntax for usage.

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"Bob" wrote in message
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Where does this mysterious "TAKEOWN.EXE" reside?

"Sue & Bill" wrote in message
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On Jan 11, 10:12 am, a.k.a. wrote:
This reg file tweak may do the trick for you: It adds a "Take ownership"
option to the right-click context menu when you select a
file:http://forums.techguy.org/tech-tips-...-take-ownershi...

It sometimes balks at adding the context menu tweak when you select a
huge
batch of files, but it tends to work just fine for something in excess of
10
files at a time.

a.k.a.

Just discovered that Vista comes with TAKEOWN.EXE. Take ownership as
its name suggests.

C:\Windows\System32



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"Bob" wrote in message
. ..
Where does this mysterious "TAKEOWN.EXE" reside?

"Sue & Bill" wrote in message
...
On Jan 11, 10:12 am, a.k.a. wrote:
This reg file tweak may do the trick for you: It adds a "Take ownership"
option to the right-click context menu when you select a
file:http://forums.techguy.org/tech-tips-...-take-ownershi...

It sometimes balks at adding the context menu tweak when you select a
huge
batch of files, but it tends to work just fine for something in excess of
10
files at a time.

a.k.a.

Just discovered that Vista comes with TAKEOWN.EXE. Take ownership as
its name suggests.