Take ownership


  1. huffman
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    windows 7
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    Take ownership


    Is there an easy way to take ownership of files or folders so they can be deleted.
    I want to delete Windows.old and some of the Wallpapers I have added to windows 10.

    Thanks
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  3. dalchina
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    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    Search this:
    Windows 10 Tutorial Index
    (please bookmark)

    for Windows.old
    and you will find
    Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

    And search it for Take Ownership
    and you will find
    Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10

    Hope that helps.
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  4. huffman
    Posts : 728
    windows 7
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    Mmmm I found a program that puts the "Take Ownership" in one of the menus. It does work.

    I have deleted almost all the files in Windows.old. There are one or two remaining that I can NOT delete.

    Since I did that another problem has raised it's ugly head. I can not get Defender do a full scan. I am not sure it is doing any type of scan for that matter.
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  6. dalchina
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    Thank you for your reply.
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  7. huffman
    Posts : 728
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    Let me say this. By using the take ownership from the context menu and then deleting Windows.old, seemed to cause some unexpected issue. For instance, Defender did NOT want to work at all after deleting Windows.old.

    I think I have it fixed, but it was really really a PITA.
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  8. dalchina
    Posts : 43,010
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    I posted a tutorial about specifically on how to delete Windows.old - which is deleted after 10 days automatically.

    If you chose to attempt that a different way, be it on your own head.

    Note: you can delete anything you like by booting your PC
    - to a command prompt without Window running
    - from a live boot disk

    This is a comparatively trivial thing to do- and no need to struggle with taking ownership.
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