With Take Ownership Context Menu Shell Extension you will be able to take ownership of Windows 7 files or folders with simple click. Windows 7 will not let, even the Administrators, to rename, overwrite or move the system files before you take ownership of those. Taking ownership of files and folders is typically a big task that involves number of steps tweaking Windows registry. Thanks to this simple extension, your task is just to click to enable yourself the complete ownership of system files.

Take Ownership in Windows 7 / Vista

Step 1: Download Take Ownership.zip

Step 2: Run InstallTakeOwnership.reg. Security dialog box will appear, press “Yes”.

Step 3: Right click on a Folder, you will see the option of “Take Ownership” in context menu.

Step 4: Clicking on “Take Ownership” will grant you full privileges to perform any tasks with folder and its contents.

Take Ownership Command

That was simple, eh?