takeown
Take ownership of a file or directory. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/takeown.
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Take ownership of the specified file:
takeown /f {{path\to\file}}
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Take ownership of the specified directory:
takeown /d {{path\to\directory}}
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Take ownership of the specified directory and all subdirectories:
takeown /r /d {{path\to\directory}}
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Change ownership to the Administrator group instead of the current user:
takeown /a /f {{path\to\file}}
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