The commandline way to take ownership of a File (Windows Vista)

Last time I have written an article on how To Take Ownership of a file in Windows Vista but the article listed a method that involved GUI handling but there is much more easy method to do so. By command.

There are two commands to do so.

Takeown and icacls, But I have got a batch file that makes use of these two commands to take ownership of a file within a click. Download the batch file and use it as follows

place the file in the windows folder i.g C:\windows\

open up cmd

type takecontrolof “FileName”

Where FileName with its path must be typed without quotes. Example

takecontrolof c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll

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Tags: security settings, Taking Ownership, Windows Vista