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Hi,

I'm having some problems taking ownership of a file. I need to be able to take ownership so I can move it.

First, I have installed a .reg that I downloaded to let me right click on files to take ownership. When I right click on files, it does appear in the menu, and it does appear to work. HOWEVER, it does not show up on the file that I need to take ownership on. The file is an .exe -- does that make a difference? I tested to see if it would appear on other .exe files and it does not.

I tried doing it manually in cmd (running cmd as an administrator):

Quote :

takeown /f "filepath" /r /d y
icacls "filepath" /grant administrators:F /t



I used quotations because there are spaces in my directory.

Once again, this works for all the files EXCEPT the one I need to take ownership of (says success for all other files)

Quote :

INFO: Access is denied. ( "filepath\file.exe" )



and

Quote :

filepath\file.exe: Access is denied.
Successfully processed 2 files; Failed processing 1 files



Is there anything else I can do in order to take ownership ?

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