shared folder problems

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I'm attempting to a problem with a shared folder on a
Windows XP Professional computer. I have set the folder
to "sharing". All the permissions for the folder and the
share are correct. I can view the contents of the shared
folder, but if I access or create a new document in this
shared folder while accessing it from the network I get
the following error message: "File can not be found". The
error message suggests that the folder has read only
attributes. However, when I looked at the folder
attributes using the command "attrib", the read only
attribute was no set.

I worked around this problem by moving the shared files to
the "Shared Documents Folder".

Has anyone experienced this problem?
 
Robin said:
I'm attempting to a problem with a shared folder on a
Windows XP Professional computer. I have set the folder
to "sharing". All the permissions for the folder and the
share are correct. I can view the contents of the shared
folder, but if I access or create a new document in this
shared folder while accessing it from the network I get
the following error message: "File can not be found". The
error message suggests that the folder has read only
attributes. However, when I looked at the folder
attributes using the command "attrib", the read only
attribute was no set.

I worked around this problem by moving the shared files to
the "Shared Documents Folder".

Has anyone experienced this problem?
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It's probably not the attributes that are the problem.
It's either the share permissions or the NTFS permissions.

I presume you are using XP-Pro, with Simple File Sharing off.

In windows Explorer, R-click the shared folder.
Check the following:

Sharing Tab:
Permissions Button.
In the top box, select the user or group
you are attempting to connect as.

Then check in the bottom box that the selected user
or group has at least Read and Change permissions.
OK out of there.

Security Tab:
In the top box, select the user or group
you are attempting to connect as.

Then check in the bottom box that the selected user
or group has everything except full control.
 
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