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JimDel
Asked: 2013-07-16 07:59:29 +0800 CST

Is it possible to Takeown.exe of a folder for the "Everyone" user, on Windows

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I can use takeown.exe to give the currently logged in user ownership of a folder. But when I try:

takeown /s jimswork8 /u Everyone /f c:\test /R /D Y

It just gives ownership to the currently logged in user. I CAN do it if I use the UI, so I would think it is possible, but I just can't get the syntax right.

Thanks

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    takeown is a leftover from the days when Microsoft insisted you couldn't set the ownership of a file to someone other than the person logged on. I don't know why the tool lets you specify a username, but it will not honor it as far as I know.

    icacls will allow you to set the owner from the command line. But it will not update ACEs. If the file/folder is simply inheriting permissions, following the /setowner command with a /reset command will fix the ACEs.

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  2. This set owner of folder or file to group Everyone - works on windows 7 and above:

    icacls "full path of file with file extension" /setowner "Everyone" /T /C
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