Reversal of changing owner of a folder.

[PaulB108]

Good afternoon,

In an effort to protect a particular folder from unwanted changes I earlier
right clicked on that folder and chose propoerties>security
tab>advanced>owner tab and changed the current owner to myself. I would like
to go back and change that to "Administrators" again for the time being but
it will not let me. I get a message box saying:
"Unable to set new owner on ___
This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object".

I am unsure what to do next...could someone please help?

 

[Saucy]

Log as the Administrator and take possession then.

 

[sgopus]

are you logged on as admin while your trying to take it back?

 

[PaulB108]

I do not believe so-so good point! However I was not logged in as admin when
I made the original change either...

 

[PaulB108]

But how is it then that I was able to change the owner in the first place
without being logged on as an administrator?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I do not believe so-so good point! However I was not logged in as
admin when I made the original change either...

As long as you were logged in as someone with FULL RIGHTS to the file in
question and/or your other account has administrative rights... Same
accomplishment,

 

[sgopus]

if your not logged in as admin, your not going to be able to take control of
the file as admin, it's not a matter of authority level, it's an account name
matter, (in this case)