Please help,

I am running Windows XP and have just created 2 other user accounts. These
have both been set up as 'Limited Accounts'. My account is the administrator
account.

My problem is that I have several folders on my D: drive that I do not want
the other users to see. When I go into properties>sharing I am unable to
tick the check box for "make this folder private".

What am I doing wrong and how can I get the folder protected?

Thanks

James

James Doyle wrote:
Any folders under your User Profile can be made private..

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Stevo wrote:
No they fucking well can't. He's installed to a FAT32 disk, you stupid fuck.

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Stevo wrote:
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Forgot to add that the drive has to be NTFS... :-)

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James Doyle wrote:
* drive has to be NTFS format. If it isn't search the help for convert.exe.

* (On XP Pro) "Simple File Sharing" has to be turned off (its an option
under explorer, tools, folder options, view)

or

* (On XP Home) You need to be in safe mode.

With all that done, you should be able to view the properties of a folder
and get a "security" tab, which allows you to apply permissions to control
who has what kind of access to a folder. This isn't quite as simple as
making something private (which only works for your profile folder and
subfolders) but it is every bit as effective.

Robert Moir wrote:

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Robert Moir wrote:
Only on fucked installs.

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
Yes. Have you not heard of it?

Kadaitcha Man wrote:
Oh yes, and...

See the following knowledge base article.

308418 - HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in
Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418

So.... if I'm wrong, at least I have good company.


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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
Then your knowledge of Windows XP Home is inadequate.

Robert Moir wrote:
Before you leap too far, you'd better explain why the article recommends
safe mode. I will await your response.

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Robert Moir wrote:
That remains to be seen.

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:

IIRC (and I don't have XP Home handy to test this), you can only get to the
security tab this way in XP Home as for some reason MS decided that XP home
users wouldn't want to see this regardless of whether they wanted to turn
simple file sharing on, turn it off, or ride it like a wooden rocking horse.

Command line utilities like CACLS will work fine in normal mode but if
someone has to ask how to see the security tab in the first place then i
tend to hold off pushing them at the command line stuff.

Rob Moir

Robert Moir wrote:
Your get-out clause is noted.

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
?

I'm confident the behaviour is how I described it. I notice how you are all
about me proving I'm right (which incidentally I think the KB article
does)... How about you prove me wrong?

Robert Moir wrote:
The kb article merely states boot into safe mode. It gives no reason. It is
your responsibility to state why it is so, rather than merely rely on the
text in a kb article, many of which are known to have been wrong. The point
is, you don't know. All you can do is parrot what you read.

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
I do know. As I've already said, this is the only way to get the security
tab in XP Home. I'm confident that I am correct.