takeown (windows)

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Take ownership of a file or directory. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/takeown .

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# Take ownership of the specified file:
takeown /f {{path/to/file}}

# Take ownership of the specified directory:
takeown /d {{path/to/directory}}

# Take ownership of the specified directory and all subdirectories:
takeown /r /d {{path/to/directory}}

# Change ownership to the Administrator group instead of the current user:
takeown /a /f {{path/to/file}}

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