Timeline for Windows File Owner: Administrators vs. My Account
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| Nov 13, 2016 at 2:18 | comment | added | Ramhound | So the first step is to remove the invalid user from the ACL then add a valid user. | |
| Nov 13, 2016 at 1:38 | comment | added | bubbleking | @Ramhound - In this particular situation I think I do need to take ownership; I have a very large Dropbox folder on the drive and while researching the proper way to point Dropbox to my existing folder and avoid downloading all the files, I discovered that some people found that Dropbox creates "conflicted" duplicate copies of files that are not owned by an identifiable user or group. As such, I'm trying to make sure no files are owned by the SID from my old installation's user. I'll have to look into this Powershell script suggestion. Thanks. | |
| Nov 13, 2016 at 1:27 | comment | added | Ramhound | You don't have to take ownership. You just need to give yourself full permissions on the files. Just add your new account to the current list of users. "There is no way to take ownership of just the files bearing a certain SID, right?" - Incorrect; You can right a powershell script to do this. | |
| Nov 13, 2016 at 1:09 | history | asked | bubbleking | CC BY-SA 3.0 |