Instructions & support for de-installing Windows 10 and re-installing it

Hi Gary

Click the link below, on that page, scroll down to 'Here's How'

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3841-add-ta...

From that section, download Add_Take_Ownership_to_context_menu.reg

When that file downloads, right click that file and choose Merge and confirm the merge

That will add a new entry to the right click menu in File Explorer - 'Take Ownership'

So for any folder of files that you get a permission error on, right click and choose Take Ownership - that wait for that command to complete . . .

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DavidM121,

The "Take Ownership" command is working.   It's been running for 25 minutes so far.

I need to open a critical file that is a portal to all of the files & folders stored on the External Hard Drive (EHD).    I don't have a way to access or open individual files or folders.   This global command is taking ownership of each & every one on the EHD.   I would guess there's tens of thousands of files & folders.

This might really take approximately forever  to complete.

A green bar graph started when I began the command.  The graph quickly progressed through the long textual name of the file I'm operating on.....and now the green is actually encircling the "X" at the right of the task bar.

If it ultimately is expected to totally cover the "X" with Green....we've got a long wait, at this femto-pico-nano progress pace it's making so far across the "X".

There are longer wait times between the bursts of ownership delta's now....maybe it's getting near the end point.   .?.   Nope.  I've gotta be patient and wait between these computing bursts . . . . .

Gary

DavidM121,

Are you aging while this is going on ?

The "Take Ownership" tool is still running.  Elapsed time > 4 hours.

And the green color has made no visible progress in covering the "X"in the tool bar.

The delay time between bursts of transactions  is getting much longer.

If it weren't for the green colored bar graph, I could have made a mistake earlier, and stopped the process.     But  I'm presuming that the green bar growth will stop, when the final transaction is made.

Are you OK with what I'm telling you ? 

This is a lousy software design, to require that "Take Ownership" be executed on the master access point to an External Hard Drive, which contains gazillions of files and folders.

A better design would have allowed the User to gain access to these files first......and allow the User to pick the sub-folders that would get the "Take Ownership" utility to be engaged.   Would be much smaller files, and much faster.    Deja-vu:  This is madness.

On my screen right now, and for the past 4 hours, is: 

     "YOU DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE PERMISSION TO ACCESS THIS FOLDER."

       "CLICK CONTINUE TO PERMANENTLY GET ACCESS TO THIS FOLDER."

The choices are "Continue" or "cancel".

Should I click Continue ?    

Frustrated,

Gary

David,

Below is the last transaction I've seen.   20 minutes have past since the last transaction.

"SUCCESS: The file (or folder): G:\WD Smartware.swstor\DESKTOPDCD9A3D\volume.83749cc6.0000.0000.0000.501f00000000\Users\Gary Smetana\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3rv0qvm.default\cache2*doomed9999* now owned by user "DESKTOP-KHO4uap\gary_"

The green bar graph continues to blink about every few seconds.....

I highlighted the DOOMED and the number 9999, which is the 9,999th transaction of folders becoming "owned."

Could the system have stopped because its "scale" can't go beyond 9999 ?

IT RE-STARTED AS I WAS TYPING THIS, after 30minutes of nothing. I'm not seeing the word "DOOMED" anymore.  And the lines are flying so fast I can't see the number ......but it's gone way beyond 9,999.

Patiently,

Gary

DavidM121,

I let the PC continue its Take Ownership" transactions, and I went away for 2 hours.

When I came back, the PC had its desktop Log-in screen.  No other screens were visible, so I guess it did a re-start.    So I logged in, and checked File Explorer, to see if I had access to the "portal" on the 2TB EHD.

I STILL HAVE NO ACCESS. TO THIS CRITICAL EHD ACCESS FILE.

Not sure if the "Take Ownership" utility completed, or what....?

I'll do the procedure one more time, and let it run all night.

Gary