How can I view the owner for a file from PowerShell?

John Savill

May 13, 2007

1 Min Read
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A. To view this information, you can use PowerShell's get-acl cmdlet, as follows: get-acl boot.wimThat command returns the owner of a file or folder, along with other items, including the path and access information. To display just the owner, repeat the command in brackets with just the owner attribute--for example,(get-acl boot.wim).owner

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