Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 10  

That's ok, I just thought you meant a normal administrator account.

I found this below that you might see if the 4th post may help you with this as well.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itproinstall

I had the same problem trying to edit CurrentControlSet/Enum/USB. I tried all sorts of permission and ownership changes without success. I finally got it to work by using the following command

psexec -i -d -s c:\windows\regedit.exe

psexec is available from Microsoft here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897553.aspx

This gave me full access to the registry. You should definitely be careful with this sort of access.

For me, my USB to serial device wasn't working any more. I wanted to remove the registry entries for it in Enum/USB. After deleting them with the above method, I plugged in the USB to serial adapter and it started working again. I'm running Win7 PRO.

That's great news Neophile. I'm glad it could help. :)

Hi

I installed Windows ADK 10 v1511 on Windows 10 v1511 Enterprise 64 bit.

I typed the following commands:

Code:

Dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"<wim_File_Path>\install.wim" /Index:1 /ApplyDir:"<Apply_Directory_Path>" /Verify /CheckIntegrity
Dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:"<Windows_Files_Path>\sources\install.wim" /CaptureDir:"<Apply_Directory_Path>" /Name:"<Edition_name>" /Description:"<Description_name>" /Compress:max /Verify /CheckIntegrity

Now, knowing that some directories and files have the TrustedInstaller or System user as owner, what are the commands that allows to completely remove the entire content of the <Apply_Directory_Path> directory?

Thanks

Bye

Hello Balubeto, :)

You could use the command from step 4 in OPTION THREE to change the owner of the directory and contents.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...html#option3s4

Afterwards, use the command from step 4 in OPTION ONE below to set permissions.

Permissions - Allow or Deny Access to Users and Groups in Windows 8

Brink said:

Hello Balubeto, :)

You could use the command from step 4 in OPTION THREE to change the owner of the directory and contents.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...html#option3s4

Afterwards, use the command from step 4 in OPTION ONE below to set permissions.

Permissions - Allow or Deny Access to Users and Groups in Windows 8

I tried this command sequence

Code:

icacls "<Apply_Directory_Path>" /grant "Administrators":F /T /C
icacls "<Apply_Directory_Path>" /setowner "Administrators" /T /C
pushd "<Apply_Directory_Path>" && ( rd /S /Q "<Apply_Directory_Path>" 2>nul & popd )

but it does not work because the first command can not access some directories or files since this command does not have access to these directories/files or it does not find them. Why?

Thanks

Bye

You may need to manually take ownership of the folder or file that it cannot access instead.

Using the "Take Ownership" context menu can help make this easier.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

Brink said:

You may need to manually take ownership of the folder or file that it cannot access instead.

Using the "Take Ownership" context menu can help make this easier.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

Excuse but, from the Command Prompt, it is possible to take ownership of these directories and files gaining full control over them? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks

Bye

I also noticed that, in this directory structure, there are also some symbolic links and not.

Thanks

Bye

The commands you already tried were for changing the owner and permissions to take ownership. You may have to delete it and start over instead.