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canetoad

(18,592 posts)

6. Having a poke around in the guts of my computer

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 14, 2024, 11:22 PM

Jun 2024

I realize that I've applied a tweak to 'Take Ownership', so you may not see it. But....here's a link to a trusted source for the tweak.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/take_full_ownership_of_files_folders.html

On this page they show three ways of adding Take Ownership to your context menu. The first and second ways are extremely easy and they both work.

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Anyone having trouble with Windows 11 today - specifically Excel? [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2024 OP

Are your files on the computer disk, on an external disk, or in Microsoft's fabulous cloud? usonian Jun 2024 #1

Files are on my hard drive cilla4progress Jun 2024 #2

On the theory that You (or I) can't be the first person to run into any one problem ... usonian Jun 2024 #3

You were right, usonian! cilla4progress Jun 2024 #9

It's magic. What else can I say? usonian Jun 2024 #11

Aww.. cilla4progress Jun 2024 #12

Right click on an Excel file canetoad Jun 2024 #4

It was AVG - as usonian suggested! cilla4progress Jun 2024 #10

Thanks! cilla4progress Jun 2024 #5

Having a poke around in the guts of my computer canetoad Jun 2024 #6

Sorry to bombard you with replies canetoad Jun 2024 #7

Hah - the problem was with my AVG! cilla4progress Jun 2024 #8