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Windows file ownership problem

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Chetan1991
Chetan1991 Original post #1
Nov 14, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Hey everyone. I have some very old files on my laptop. In the last few years I've had to reinstall Windows at least once a year, because it gradually becomes slow and unresponsive. Perhaps as a result of that, the ownership information of those files is inconsistent, with some having a long alphanumeric string as owner.

The problem is that Windows won't let me open the files or change ownership even though my account is the administrator.

Is there a way to change the ownership of all the files in a folder to administrators, given the default windows properties dialogue box isn't doing that?
ASHISH65
Nov 14, 2013 at 3:54 PM
Take Ownership of a File or Folder
W
Nov 16, 2013 at 12:36 PM
post screenshots explaining your problem along with windows details(drive file system,os version,user account etc).