private/shared file problem

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Peter Borrell

Dear Colleagues,

I made a mistake today on my laptop and inadvertently made my files
"private" when I created a password prior to travelling. I then found
I could not access my files from my PC over my network.

The option was offered immediately after password creation and I
clicked the wrong option. There seems no way to reverse it generally.
Both the laptop and the PC have XP (home)

I have tried setting the sharing options in the "root" folder; the
"Documents and Setttings" folder; and in my own "peter" folder.

However with "peter" the options for private and shared are both
ticked and both greyed out so I cannot change them.

One final point: in attempting to access from the PC, I am now refused
access to my network: double clicking its name gives a rejection "no
access" message . The network was set up on the PC and I cannot even
see the PC itself, let alone the laptop!

Any solution to this problem would be much appreciated please.

Peter Borrell
 
I don't see the response I thought I posted. You can go, as administrator in the account you set to private, and go to program files. While you will find the set private check boxes grayed out as you observed, there should be a note near the bottom that lets you click to go to folder that program files is a subfolder of. At that point you can unclick the privacy box.
 
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