On 26/08/2011 2:46 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
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?

Yousuf Khan

Okay, so now that I've discovered files weren't inheriting the
"Everyone" user group from the directory, I started explicitly adding
this user group to each of the new files. But of course this is
inconvenient. I started looking for a way to allow the new files to
inherit these access rights from the parent directory. It's not easy,
it's buried down deep in Advanced Permissions.

So this link might help out:

Changing Permissions in Windows 7 - Neowin Forums
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/88...-in-windows-7/

Yousuf Khan