It is not an easy task to take rights of all files or folders in Windows 7 or Vista using GUI or command line, it gets lots of steps. Gratefully somebody formed a registry hack that will give you a menu item for “Take Ownership” that will handle all the steps for you. Here is what the new right-click menu will seem like after installing this registry hack.

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Install

Download and unzip the files enclosed in the zipfile. Double-click the InstallTakeOwnership.reg file and click during the prompts. No reboot needed.

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Uninstall

Double-click on the RemoveTakeOwnership.reg file and tick during the prompts. No reboot needed.