Need help taking ownership of a user profile in vb.net

I am working on a user profile back up tool to be used before reimaging a computer. Basically I am just backing up the desktop, document, pictures, and favorites. That part of the code is working. It check if the user profile is there and does this:

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory("C:\users\" & struser & "\Desktop", "\\vhabecapp1r\cscbackup\" & struser & "\Profile\Desktop", True)

The only problem is I need to take ownership of the folder (profile) to do this. I know how to add permissions but I am having issues taking ownership. I used this piece of code before and it worked but in this project the debugger doesn't like it.

Code:

Try
            ChangeOwner(directory, userName)
            For Each subdir As String In System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(directory)
                HandleDir(subdir, userName)
            Next subdir
        Catch exception As System.Exception
            Debug.WriteLine(exception.Message)
        End Try


        Try
            HandleDir(Me.folderName.Text, strUser)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error: " & ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical)
            Exit Sub
        End Try

The imports are the same on both project. Any idea why this isn't working on the new project?