Working notes on ACL: ACL, Mirror ACL registry, and takeown.
Topics
ACL
icacls grants Full control; CACLS is deprecated; ICACLS does not set or read the owner.
Mirror ACL registry
Copy a registry ACL from hkcu:\software\foo onto hkcu:\software\bar with get-acl and set-acl.
takeown
takeown takes ownership of a path, recursively, optionally for Administrators.
Updated:
2026 Aug 19
