How to take ownership of system files in Windows Vista

If your are replacing or changing system files like (uxtheme.dll or imageres.dll) in Windows Vista then first you have to take ownership of the file and then grant your username full control of the file.

You can take ownership and get full control of any system file with ease.

Now just ownload this file (  ownership.zip 754bytes )  .

Double click own.reg to add it to your redistry and right click on the file you want to own and click on "Take Ownership".



To remove the feature just double click own-rem.reg.

If you don't like above registery files, then follow these steps to do this manually:
Start button > All Programs > Accessories > Right-click on Command Prompt > Select Run as administrator > Click Continue.
At the command prompt, input takeown /f filepath
Now input icacls filepath /grant yourusername:f

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