can someone help me combine these two .reg into a context menu flyout?

Not sure if you overlooked, or just havent gotten to it - but as per my post up top, im not only trying to resolve those two commands not working (and it sounds like youre half way there) but im trying to change the hierarchy of the context menu entry.

Ownership > Take Ownership
> Restore Ownership > Restore Ownership SYSTEM
> Restore Ownership TrustedInstaller

I have one (or two) too many context menu entries flying about to serve the same purpose and im left with a whole lotta lua shields.

if nothing else, the more elaborate examples such as this i have to learn from, the less ill have to harass you going forward

Brink said:

Well, I know it's something simple, but I can't get past the invalid parameter error for TrustedInstaller yet.

It should work under the RunAs key, but having the trouble above under its own instead.

im sure its not something as simple as the formatting around NT Service\TrustedInstaller as far as quotations and backslashes go? I know some of that stuff requires double backslashes for the registry to pick up and spaces obviously require quotations etc. Still working on understanding the specifics.

as far as the runas key goes, id prefer not to - but as a fallback if all 3 commands can be smooshed into one under that banner, it'd be better than the alternative (being none) lol.

Dont spend too much time, but i know i certainly cant figure it out >.<

Brink said:

Well, I know it's something simple, but I can't get past the invalid parameter error for TrustedInstaller yet.

The error can be fixed by the following:

Code:

@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""

Use double-quotation marks in \"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\".

Matthew Wai said:

The error can be fixed by the following:

Code:

@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""

Use double-quotation marks in \"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\".

Inching forward, more minds set to the task :P

Unfortunately, doesnt seem to work

window flickers and closes.

klepp0906 said:

Unfortunately, doesnt seem to work

The following works at my end.

Code:

@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""

Use six double quotation marks in \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\"
The output is shown below:

Matthew Wai said:

The following works at my end.

Code:

@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""

Use six double quotation marks in \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\"
The output is shown below:

That was the ticket :)

Dare i say the easy part is now over lol. Now to try to shoehorn the 3 into 1 context menu entry. Gotta figure out how to deal with that pesky owner rights group that gets created when taking ownership too.

Figuring out the formatting for paths/commands in reg files needs to be high on my list. I understand quotes/paths, and evidently the backslashes have to do with the first one not being recognized due to it being a special character used by the registry so a 2nd one confirms it as an actual backslash.

as far as the slashing of quotes, or double, or triple slashing. Sigh, I shoulda went into IT instead of my chosen careen path :P

Thanks for your help!

You are most welcome!

Well, the mea culpa. some days/time later. the finished result

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"NeverDefault"=""
"SubCommands"=""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell]




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout01]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Take Ownership"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout01\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \\\"%1\\\" && icacls \\\"%1\\\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"= "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \\\"%1\\\" && icacls \\\"%1\\\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout02]
"CommandFlags"=dword:00000020
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to Administrators"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout02\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"Administrators\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"Administrators\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout03]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to System"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout03\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"SYSTEM\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"SYSTEM\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout04]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to TrustedInstaller"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout04\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"NeverDefault"=""
"SubCommands"=""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell]




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout01]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Take Ownership"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout01\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \\\"%1\\\" && icacls \\\"%1\\\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"= "powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \\\"%1\\\" && icacls \\\"%1\\\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout02]
"CommandFlags"=dword:00000020
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to Administrators"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout02\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"Administrators\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"Administrators\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout03]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to System"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout03\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"SYSTEM\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand"="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"SYSTEM\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout04]
"HasLUAShield"=""
"MUIVerb"="Restore to TrustedInstaller"




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Ownership\Shell\flyout04\command]
@="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""
"IsolatedCommand="powershell -windowstyle hidden -command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c icacls \\\"%1\\\" /setowner \"\"\"NT Service\\TrustedInstaller\"\"\" /t /c /l & pause' -Verb runAs\""

I think it should be pretty complete as far as what youd ever need to restore to. I'm vague on permissions still (like most things lol) But if youre the pc owner I dont see a users group ever being assigned to anything by default, or needing assigning. I think administrator vs administrators is redundant etc.

I decided against a second flyout for the restore items. KISS (keep it simple stupid) etc etc.



Thanks for the help gentlemen!