Vista Permissions - Change Ownership of All Files?

[starwars7]

Hi All,

I'm trying to transfer my old Favorites folder into the new one. At first I couldn't even open the old one because I didn't "own it" SO I adjusted that in the security settings, but then each individual file within it was still set to the old "unknown user" Is there a way for me to change the ownership if all the files within the folder?

I'm the only user, so I'm the Admin. This is seriously a pain, wish I could just use everything that was on the drive before I installed windows.

Thank you in advance!

 

[mechBgon]

This topic looks like a better fit in Operating Systems, so it is being moved there from Software for Windows.

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mechBgon

 

[nova2]

why no one else has helped you with this yet is odd.

try this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto...t-click-menu-in-vista/

or this: (recursive)
takeown /f c:\dir /r

or this: (recursive)
icacls c:\dir /setowner Administrators /T /C

or:
//winxp
subinacl /file c:\dir /setowner=usrname
subinacl /subdirectories c:\dir\* /setowner=usrname

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: nova2
why no one else has helped you with this yet is odd.

try this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto...t-click-menu-in-vista/

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