| Subject: Can't unshare a folder that was shared in error |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/9/2008 1:34:20 PM |
| From: "neil f" [Email Address Protection] |
New to Vista, so fat finger mistakes are occurring. I somehow managed to share the whole Users folder when in fact I just wanted to share a minor subfolder on the home network I'm setting up. Now I can't find a way to unshare it. The share/unshare option seems to be greyed out in all the obvious places (e.g. properties). Is it because Users contains the Public folder - which is permanently shared and can't be changed? Can anyone help me unshare this folder? |
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| Subject: Re: Can't unshare a folder that was shared in error |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/9/2008 2:35:17 PM |
| From: "neil f" [Email Address Protection] |
"neil f" <news@anf.nildram.co.uk> wrote in message news:4PCdnfQ3dKm5KLnVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@pipex.net... | New to Vista, so fat finger mistakes are occurring. I somehow managed to | share the whole Users folder when in fact I just wanted to share a minor | subfolder on the home network I'm setting up. Now I can't find a way to | unshare it. | | The share/unshare option seems to be greyed out in all the obvious places | (e.g. properties). Is it because Users contains the Public folder - which is | permanently shared and can't be changed? | | Can anyone help me unshare this folder? I now seem to have managed to unshare it, but I'm not sure how. I shut down all the network connections, which may have helped. I also suspect I didn't make a mistake when I shared the folder in the first place. Seems I had the same problem as the poster in thread "XP and Vista Shaing", started on 6 May. When I created a folder inside Users and tried to share it, Users was shared instead for some reason. Weird. -Neil F. |
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| Subject: Re: Can't unshare a folder that was shared in error |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/9/2008 2:49:06 PM |
| From: "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)" [Email Address Protection] |
We had similar issue before. Please check the link and post back with the result. You could not stop sharing the ..."You could not stop sharing the selected folder." It tells me some items are still shared. test C:\Users\Documents\test This folder is in a shared folder ... www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=6167&sid=4bc6694a77b1ce66abe456f6f51e076c -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "neil f" <news@anf.nildram.co.uk> wrote in message news:4PCdnfQ3dKm5KLnVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@pipex.net... > New to Vista, so fat finger mistakes are occurring. I somehow managed to > share the whole Users folder when in fact I just wanted to share a minor > subfolder on the home network I'm setting up. Now I can't find a way to > unshare it. > > The share/unshare option seems to be greyed out in all the obvious places > (e.g. properties). Is it because Users contains the Public folder - which > is > permanently shared and can't be changed? > > Can anyone help me unshare this folder? > > |
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| Subject: Re: Can't unshare a folder that was shared in error |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/10/2008 3:03:28 AM |
| From: Steve Winograd [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:34:20 +0100, "neil f" <news@anf.nildram.co.uk> wrote: >New to Vista, so fat finger mistakes are occurring. I somehow managed to >share the whole Users folder when in fact I just wanted to share a minor >subfolder on the home network I'm setting up. Now I can't find a way to >unshare it. > >The share/unshare option seems to be greyed out in all the obvious places >(e.g. properties). Is it because Users contains the Public folder - which is >permanently shared and can't be changed? > >Can anyone help me unshare this folder? You've found what I think is a bug in Vista: sharing a subfolder in the Users folder results in the entire Users folder being shared. To avoid the bug, don't use the "Share" option in the right-click menu for a folder. To share or unshare a folder, right-click the folder, click Properties, click the Sharing tab, and click Advanced Sharing. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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