Gaining Full Access to a File/Folder Manually (Windows 8, 8.1, 10).Taking Ownership of a File/Folder Manually (Windows 8, 8.1, 10).You can use whichever method you find more suitable.Ĭlick on the links below to jump to the corresponding topic in the article: First we cover the typical ways for taking ownership and getting full access manually from the item’s properties, and then we make use of a 3rd-party tool called TakeOwnershipEx that does both. So let’s see how you can take ownership and gain full access to a file or folder in Windows 10. By taking ownership of a file or folder, in essence, you make it yours even if it belongs to another user, and by gaining full access, you bassically acquire permissions to do anything you want to it (access, modify, move, etc.). Anyone who fiddles around with system settings and apps will, at some point, come across the need to take ownership and get full access to a file or folder.