Mass ownership change - data drive after fresh reinstall

[jraymond4321]

Hello,

I had to do a fresh reinstall of Win10 Pro on my SSD (C:\ drive)

I have a D: data drive where I store most of my files, including my own "Documents" and "Downloads" folders.

I was having problems with some of the files/folders on the D: drive after the reinstall. I went into Properties/Security/Advanced and noticed on many of the folders the owner was an active user, but a long GUID looking number (which I am assuming is related to my previous installs username).

I changed the owner of a few of them to the "administrators" group, of which I am a member.

2 questions:

1- is there an easy way to "mass" change the owner where it is the invalid user GUID?
2- is it better to change the owner back to a specific user (myself) or a group, ie. Administrators (of which I am a member)?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Colif]

1. This page shows several ways to take ownership of all types of things, including entire drives (just don't run them on C drive or you break windows)

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3587-change-owner-file-folder-drive-registry-key-windows-10-a.html

2. I would make it administrators in case you ever need to make a new user (it can happen)

 

[jraymond4321]

Thanks Colif!