i had set both Drive and directory RunAs to run Take command (jpsoft.com'd CMD replacement) in an elevated session. when i told jv16OT to add Take Ownership - it overwrote what i had. Be great if jv16 would ask if the user wants to overwrite what is there - and not just assume the answer is yes. And i assumew the HKCR\Directory\shell\runas and HKCR_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\runas only have one entry, two or more are not possible?