Cannot make folders private in Win XP Pro SP3 with NTFS

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I have Windows XP Professional SP3 with C: and D: partitions. Both
partitions are formatted as NTFS.

In D: I have all data so for that purpose I relocated all user's accounts
(My Documents) to D: they way we all know (see MS knowledge base or
TweakUI).

However, even though the partition is NTFS there is no way I can make the My
Document folders in D private! users *cannot* access other user's folders in
C:\Document and Settings\XXX\ but they can for some reason see ALL OTHER
USER's My Documents because they are moved to D: even when Windows
recognizes that each users documents are in D: and not in the installation
default.

I see no " Sharing" tab anywhere either. If i play with the Security tab
and remove "List Folders" (deny) to the Users group then not even the owner
can access it.

How can I then make "moved" My Documents folders *private*?
 
..NETed said:
I have Windows XP Professional SP3 with C: and D: partitions. Both
partitions are formatted as NTFS.

In D: I have all data so for that purpose I relocated all user's
accounts (My Documents) to D: they way we all know (see MS
knowledge base or TweakUI).

However, even though the partition is NTFS there is no way I can
make the My Document folders in D private! users *cannot* access
other user's folders in C:\Document and Settings\XXX\ but they can
for some reason see ALL OTHER USER's My Documents because they are
moved to D: even when Windows recognizes that each users documents
are in D: and not in the installation default.

I see no " Sharing" tab anywhere either. If i play with the
Security tab and remove "List Folders" (deny) to the Users group
then not even the owner can access it.

How can I then make "moved" My Documents folders *private*?
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The only permission (security tab) needed on these folders is the owners -
the user who is supposed to access it. Make sure that user has rights to
it - full rights - everything else could be removed and that will make it
private.
 
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