Re: HowTo take ownership of a folder

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From: Marin Marinov (mlmarinov_at_askme.ca)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:52:08 -0400

In article <1d6f501c453e5$f6b01e90$a501280a@phx.gbl>,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> How do i take ownership of a folder that i have removed
> the everyone group? I can no longer access the folder at
> all.
> things that i have tried
> 1. Log on locally as admin and Enterprise admin
> 2. tried RK command line util.
>
> It seems now that no one can access this folder and have
> no way of restoring the original permissions?
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> thanks.
>
Hi HD,
Please refer to:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

The process is generally the same for all OS versions: log on as local
admin, take ownership by also replacing owner information in the
hierarchy below, and set the new permissions.

HTH 

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   Marin Marinov
   MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
   MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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