How to add "Take Ownership" to folder & file context menus

[HansL]

I have added registry code for "How to Add Take Ownership to Context Menu in Windows 10" – https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3841-add-take-ownership-context-menu-windows-10-a.html .

It works fine when I take ownership in Windows Explorer, but in Dopus, the item "Take Ownership" has been automatically added only to context menus for drives, not for files or folders. And I have forgotten how to add items to these context menus.

I should remember. But a 120 feet tumble down a ravine slope and into its creek two weeks ago has muddled me a little. Now, honestly, and miraculously, I am unscathed, but, as I said, a little muddled.

Grateful for help on this.

Hans L

[Leo]

To add context menu items for files + folders, Settings > File Types > All Files and Folders > Context Menu.

[HansL]

Leo, thank you!

Now, next step, and I am in deep water here. I have the following for "Take Ownership"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\TakeOwnership\command

Default:

powershell
-windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l' -Verb runAs"

IsolatedCommand:

powershell -windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l' -Verb runAs"`

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\TakeOwnership\command

Default:

powershell -windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l /q' -Verb runAs"

Isolated Command:

powershell -windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l /q' -Verb runAs"

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The author of this code has put "Take Ownership" in Win Expl context menu, and when I have highlighted a folder or file, and click this option, I have ownership of the folder/file, and can, for instance, delete it even if I could not do it before. I do not know what the option "Take Ownership" does (probably calling one of the two registry items), and while i have asked the author, I am not sure what he will say. So, let me ask, what would I put in DOPUS' context menu for Files & Folders to run this stuff? If you know at all.

Hans L

[Leo]

@HansL

So, let me ask, what would I put in DOPUS' context menu for Files & Folders to run this stuff?

Based on that, I would expect this to work (although I don't know why they are running it via powershell.exe when cmd.exe would do and launch faster):

powershell -windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant *S-1-3-4:F /t /c /l' -Verb runAs"

Or this:

Feature: "Take Ownership" of a file or folder?

I have to imagine that there is a good reason (maybe specific to doing it through the registry) that they duplicated the same commands a few times for both "all objects" and "exe" and "dll" files specifically... and then a slightly different command …

Or this:

Feature: "Take Ownership" of a file or folder?

Hi steje, Thank you so much for searching through the hay to separate the commands for files and for folders. Thank you also for telling me to implement the context menu through the File Type preferences. I would not have thought of this and would …

[HansL]

So, I have created the buttons according to steje and context menu items according to Playful. Now,

• do context menu items work WITH the buttons or INSTEAD of the buttons?

• if WITH, can the button code be put in with the context item code? How?

Hans L

[lxp]

Buttons and context menu items are separate things.

Enter the code like this:

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(I usually run these ownership commands from a .bat in an elevated shell - seems to work better)