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[MiztaInsane]

I want to take ownership of Context.exe but it don't let me anyway of takeing ownership of a file in vb that easy?

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Dim fileName As String = ("C:\Users\Devin\Desktop\Context.exe")
Dim arguments As String = ("takeown /f C:\Users\Devin\Desktop\Context.exe")
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName, arguments)

it give me and Access is denied error

[Harlem9191]

You would probably have to run the program as administrator

[MiztaInsane]

Hey Harlem9191 i had to use this code

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Dim fileName As String = ("C:\Users\Devin\Desktop\Context.exe")
Interaction.Shell(String.Concat(New String() {"cmd.exe /c takeown /f ", fileName, " && icacls ", fileName, " /grant administrators:F"}), AppWinStyle.Hide, False, -1)