Program Files folder not sharable on my network! Who owns my PC!

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Grover

A long time ago I wrote and article for "PC Tech Journal" entitled
"Who owns my PC". It related to Lotus 1-2-3 's install program - which
was hard coded to only install on Drive C. At the time, I was one of
the first to have not one, but two hard drives! (Davong 10 mb if I
recall).

Seems we've come full circle - time to rewrite the article?

Is there any way to "Unlock" the program files folder? XP pro - SP 2
up to date.....

Grov
 
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Grover said:
A long time ago I wrote and article for "PC Tech Journal"
entitled
"Who owns my PC". It related to Lotus 1-2-3 's install
program - which
was hard coded to only install on Drive C. At the time, I was
one of
the first to have not one, but two hard drives! (Davong 10 mb
if I
recall).

Seems we've come full circle - time to rewrite the article?

Is there any way to "Unlock" the program files folder? XP
pro - SP 2
up to date.....

Grov
Click to expand...

There's a reason why this is so, but if you insist.

Go to Control Panel and double click Folder Options.
In Folder Options, click on the View tab.
In the Advanced Settings box, scroll to the bottom and remove
the check mark from the box next to "Use simple file sharing
(Recommended).
Click OK.
You should now have access to the Sharing tab in the Properties
sheet for the Program Files Folder.

Keep in mind that the default permissions for this folder will
be Everyone -> Read. If you want to allow users to make changes
to your files you'll need to click on the Permissions button on
the Sharing page.

If you have any other question pertaining to networking in XP,
you might want to post them to this newsgroup;

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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There's a reason why this is so, but if you insist.

Go to Control Panel and double click Folder Options.
In Folder Options, click on the View tab.
In the Advanced Settings box, scroll to the bottom and remove
the check mark from the box next to "Use simple file sharing
(Recommended).
Click OK.
You should now have access to the Sharing tab in the Properties
sheet for the Program Files Folder.

Keep in mind that the default permissions for this folder will
be Everyone -> Read. If you want to allow users to make changes
to your files you'll need to click on the Permissions button on
the Sharing page.

If you have any other question pertaining to networking in XP,
you might want to post them to this newsgroup;

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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Thanks much nepats....
It works!

Just out of curiousity, what are the "reasons" that you cite? I'll go
over to network_web and as there as well.....

Grov
 
Spoke too soon! Sharing is now allowed from this pc "new", but access
denied from "old" pc.........
 
Since you've disabled simple file sharing, you need to create a
user account on "new" that matches in user name and password
the user account you're logged on with on "old".

Let's say you're logged on to "old" with a user account named
GroverOld. You would need to create the same account on "new".
It has to be identical in user name and password.

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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If on a workgroup, this is common -- some folders will share, some won't.
Totally arbitrary. The workaround is to create an account on the shared
machine that matches the user on the "want to share" machine, username and
password the same. Sharing machine doesn't have to have that user logged on,
but the account must exist (and be an administrator, I believe.)
 
Grover said:
Spoke too soon! Sharing is now allowed from this pc "new", but access
denied from "old" pc.........
Click to expand...

Easiest way is just to create a new share for your C: drive,
then all directories will be accessable over the network.

ID
 
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Grover said:
Thanks much nepats....
It works!

Just out of curiousity, what are the "reasons" that you cite?
I'll go
over to network_web and as there as well.....

Grov
Click to expand...

Simple file sharing is enabled by default in Windows XP. With
simple file sharing you can easily share folders within your
profile such as your My Documents folder. You can't share
system folders such as Windows or its subfolders.

Note: While you cannot share the entire Program Files folder,
you can share the individual subfolders. For example, with
simple file sharing enabled when you right click on the Program
Files folder and select Properties you can't share the folder.
Open up the Program Files folder and right click on any folder
contained within. You should be able to share these folders.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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