I'm attempting to take ownership of a registry key via PowerShell, and it's failing silently. I'm using the following code:
# get the username of the current user
$uname = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name
# create an identity reference for the owner
$user = new-object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($uname)
# create a "drive" for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
new-psdrive -name HKCR_zf -psprovider Registry -root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
# change the current location
set-location HCKR_zf:\CLSID
# set ACLs
(get-acl '{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}').setowner($user)
Everything runs fine up to the last line, but the .setowner() call fails silently (the owner is not changed).
How do I take ownership of a registry key?
Just calling SetOwner doesn't commit the change. You need to pass the acl object back to Set-Acl to commit the change.
Check out this thread, there is a good description and full sample code. Seems there are some other hoops to jump through, as well: