Sharing Problem !!

[Karim Ahmed]

Dear Sir,

I need to make some of folders on my hard drive private and not accessible
by other users on my machine which are regular users and my user is an
administrator one but I have the "Make this folder private" check box
disabled and I don't know why
could any one tell me

thanks in advance

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Karim,

To do this, two conditions must exist:

1) You must be using the NTFS file system and
2) The folders in question must be under your user profile (like in the My
Doc's folder)

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"Karim Ahmed" > wrote in message
...
> Dear Sir,
>
> I need to make some of folders on my hard drive private and not accessible
> by other users on my machine which are regular users and my user is an
> administrator one but I have the "Make this folder private" check box
> disabled and I don't know why
> could any one tell me
>
> thanks in advance
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

To do this, you must be running NTFS as your file system on the drive in
question. If your hard disk/partition is not NTFS you will need to convert
it. To do this, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following
command:

CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS

Where X: is the drive letter you wish to convert. You may also want to see
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm to ensure that you're getting the optimal
conversion.

After this step is completed and you've rebooted the computer, if necessary:

XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck
Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or
file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security
tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user
group membership.

XP Home: By default, you can only make files and folders under My Documents
"private". This is done by right clicking a folder or file and selecting
Properties, Sharing. To change the permissions on other folders, you need
to boot the computer to Safe Mode and log in on the built in Administrator
account. In this mode, you'll see the Security tab in Properties, and you
can assign permissions based on user name or group membership.

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"Karim Ahmed" > wrote in message
...
> Dear Sir,
>
> I need to make some of folders on my hard drive private and not accessible
> by other users on my machine which are regular users and my user is an
> administrator one but I have the "Make this folder private" check box
> disabled and I don't know why
> could any one tell me
>
> thanks in advance
>
>