takeown.exe, which takes ownership of a file in some circumstances, will give a Y/N prompt when the contents of a directory cannot be listed. The parameters "/D

takeown.exe, which takes ownership of a file in some circumstances, will give a Y/N prompt when the contents of a directory cannot be listed. The parameters "/D Y" will default the answer to yes. The script in the link is considering what the prompt might ask for, not what the parameters of the program are. If the full thing was internationalized, the script might as well have language specific versions as well, I think.