How to Add "Take Ownership" to Context Menu in Windows 8 and 8.1
This tutorial will show you how to add Take Ownership to the context menu of all files, folders, and drives for all users in Windows 8.
This will allow you to be able to instantly take ownership of a file, folder (and all contents), or drive (and all contents) by changing the owner to the current user and grant the Owner_Rights SID (current owner) full access permission.
You must be an administrator to be able to add, remove, and use the "Take Ownership" context menu.
Application files (ex: EXE, CMD, MSI) will continue to have Run as administrator instead of Take Ownership in their context menu.
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When you right click or press and hold on a file, folder, or drive, and...