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Old August 26th 11, 12:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Zaphod Beeblebrox
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Default Windows 7 to XP file sharing: some files are accessible in a folder, some are not


"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
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I have a Windows 7 desktop that's sharing several folders out to
other computers, mainly running XP. That's pretty typical, and I'm
not having any problem setting this up, it's already setup and
working fine.

However, recently I added a new folder share from the Windows 7
computer. What I'm finding is that some of the files in the folder
are accessible, and some are not. It's unusual because typically I
see either that the whole folder is accessible, or it is not, not
just some things inside it. I'd say half are accessible, and half
are not.

When trying to access some files, I get the message: "file not
accessible". Yet, I can see all of these files when viewing the
directory listing in Explorer. What could be causing this?


Since it is some files and not others, I'd check security permissions
on the files themselves. If that's not it, it might be helpful to
know what files are and are not accessible.

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