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PowerShell - Take Ownership of a Folder

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Take Ownership of a Folder

Code Properties

  • Language: PowerShell
  • Tools: takeown, sudo

Overview

PowerShell command leveraging the Windows takeown utility to take ownership of protected folders like WindowsApps.

Code

Take ownership of the WindowsApps folder:

sudo takeown /f "$Env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsApps" /r

Usage

# take ownership of a single folder
takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder"
 
# take ownership recursively
takeown /f "C:\Path\To\Folder" /r
 
# take ownership with admin privileges
sudo takeown /f "$Env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsApps" /r
 
# grant full control after taking ownership
icacls "C:\Path\To\Folder" /grant "$Env:USERNAME:F" /t

Appendix

Note created on 2024-09-23 and last modified on 2024-12-31.

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