Somehow I have lost the ability to share the \All users\Documents folder
between IDs all within one computer. I can see the folder but I can't copy
anything into it from any ID or delete anything from it.
I'm using XP/SP2 with all updates and admin privileges. My
Computer/Manage/Shared folders/shared shows that the "Documents" item is
missing though the others (C$, E$ print$ etc) look fine.
Help says it should be possible to add new shared folders via Action/New
File Share, but this option does not exist in my Action drop-down box.
Finally there is a command NET SHARE which should be able to add new Shares,
but the command:
NET SHARE Documents=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents /UNLIMITED
seems to have a syntax error, because it is not executed. Commands like
NET SHARE
NET HELP SHARE
NET Print
all work fine

Any ideas please? or do I have to re-install XP?!

Shares are only used to provide network users access to a folder and you say
all within one computer?? It sounds like your permissions are not correct
for the share. The user/group would need write NTFS permissions to the
folder to copy anything into it. See the links below on how to configure
folder/NTFS permissions. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 --- if you
can not change permissions

"SimonBDA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:787B48D5-7030-468B-B4A5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Somehow I have lost the ability to share the \All users\Documents folder
> between IDs all within one computer. I can see the folder but I can't copy
> anything into it from any ID or delete anything from it.
> I'm using XP/SP2 with all updates and admin privileges. My
> Computer/Manage/Shared folders/shared shows that the "Documents" item is
> missing though the others (C$, E$ print$ etc) look fine.
> Help says it should be possible to add new shared folders via Action/New
> File Share, but this option does not exist in my Action drop-down box.
> Finally there is a command NET SHARE which should be able to add new
> Shares,
> but the command:
> NET SHARE Documents=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
> /UNLIMITED
> seems to have a syntax error, because it is not executed. Commands like
> NET SHARE
> NET HELP SHARE
> NET Print
> all work fine
>
> Any ideas please? or do I have to re-install XP?!

Thanks - you're a star! Because I had preiously always used simple file
sharing, I had never seen the security tab - what a difference it makes!
Sincere thanks again.

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> Shares are only used to provide network users access to a folder and you say
> all within one computer?? It sounds like your permissions are not correct
> for the share. The user/group would need write NTFS permissions to the
> folder to copy anything into it. See the links below on how to configure
> folder/NTFS permissions. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 --- if you
> can not change permissions
>
> "SimonBDA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:787B48D5-7030-468B-B4A5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Somehow I have lost the ability to share the \All users\Documents folder
> > between IDs all within one computer. I can see the folder but I can't copy
> > anything into it from any ID or delete anything from it.
> > I'm using XP/SP2 with all updates and admin privileges. My
> > Computer/Manage/Shared folders/shared shows that the "Documents" item is
> > missing though the others (C$, E$ print$ etc) look fine.
> > Help says it should be possible to add new shared folders via Action/New
> > File Share, but this option does not exist in my Action drop-down box.
> > Finally there is a command NET SHARE which should be able to add new
> > Shares,
> > but the command:
> > NET SHARE Documents=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
> > /UNLIMITED
> > seems to have a syntax error, because it is not executed. Commands like
> > NET SHARE
> > NET HELP SHARE
> > NET Print
> > all work fine
> >
> > Any ideas please? or do I have to re-install XP?!
>
>
>

Glad to help and thanks for reporting back what the fix was. --- Steve


"SimonBDA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news9143DE9-DCBE-464B-936B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks - you're a star! Because I had preiously always used simple file
> sharing, I had never seen the security tab - what a difference it makes!
> Sincere thanks again.
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
>> Shares are only used to provide network users access to a folder and you
>> say
>> all within one computer?? It sounds like your permissions are not correct
>> for the share. The user/group would need write NTFS permissions to the
>> folder to copy anything into it. See the links below on how to configure
>> folder/NTFS permissions. --- Steve
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308418
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421 --- if
>> you
>> can not change permissions
>>
>> "SimonBDA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:787B48D5-7030-468B-B4A5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Somehow I have lost the ability to share the \All users\Documents
>> > folder
>> > between IDs all within one computer. I can see the folder but I can't
>> > copy
>> > anything into it from any ID or delete anything from it.
>> > I'm using XP/SP2 with all updates and admin privileges. My
>> > Computer/Manage/Shared folders/shared shows that the "Documents" item
>> > is
>> > missing though the others (C$, E$ print$ etc) look fine.
>> > Help says it should be possible to add new shared folders via
>> > Action/New
>> > File Share, but this option does not exist in my Action drop-down box.
>> > Finally there is a command NET SHARE which should be able to add new
>> > Shares,
>> > but the command:
>> > NET SHARE Documents=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
>> > /UNLIMITED
>> > seems to have a syntax error, because it is not executed. Commands like
>> > NET SHARE
>> > NET HELP SHARE
>> > NET Print
>> > all work fine
>> >
>> > Any ideas please? or do I have to re-install XP?!
>>
>>
>>