HELP! need help on removing "recent __" in the "searches" folder

[Keith Miller MVP]

That makes sense now that I dig a little further. If you look at the
'Scope' part of the query:

{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}

is the User Profile directory and:

{DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385}

is the Public directory. My Public folders show the owner as
'Administrators'. I would think if you moved a folder you owned into one of
the Public folders, it would show up in the search as well.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks for responding Keith..
I checked all shared folders on the system and other
drives(partitions/logical drives) created by this logged on user account.
All folders when viewing the Advanced Security/Owner 'tab' show this
logged
on user account as the respective folder owner.

Additional info...as a test..I navigated to the C:\Users\{my logged on
Vista profile} and shared the Pictures folder.
The Pictures folder now appears in the 'Show me all the files and folders
I am sharing. The others, none of which reside under my logged on profile
or in the User folder, as previously mentioned do not.

..winston

Hmm...interesting. Here are the query parameters of the 'Shared by Me'
search:

<conditions>
<condition type="andCondition">
<condition type="leafCondition" property="System.IsShared"
operator="eq" value="true"/>
<condition type="leafCondition"
property="System.FileOwner"
operator="eq" value="[Me]"/>
</condition>
</conditions>
<kindList>
<kind name="item"/>
</kindList>
<scope>
<include
knownFolder="{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}"/>
<include
knownFolder="{DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385}"/>
</scope>
</query>

So the first thing I would check is if you are the owner of any of the
shared folders:

Properties -> 'Security' tab -> 'Advanced' button -> 'Owner' tab


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

What is this "Shared By Me" search, BTW? (Again, mine is empty.)

Mine is empty as well. If you look at the properties dialog for a file
folder, you'll see a 'Sharing' tab. As I understand it, you share a
folder to make it accessible to other users/computers on a network. I
assume if you had set up a folder to be shared, it would show in this
search.

That is what I thought too. I've been looking in that folder for a few
months and it remains blank. There are at least a half dozen shared
folders(the default public folder and other shared folders on the system
and
other drives/partitions). Even going so far including the shared folders
in
the search index. It remains empty.
The only link I've seen is within the Network and Sharing Center...if
one
clicks on the option to 'Show me all the files and folders I am sharing'
the
search 'Shared by Me' folder will be displayed(it remains blank).
Clicking
on the other option 'Show me all the shared network folders on this
computer' does show all the folders on the network.

I

 

[...winston]

Yes that works too as long as a folder is manually shared by the owner,
contains at least one file, and permission is set to another user or
everyone with contributor, co-owner, owner rights or guest with read or
greater rights. Note: Sharing the folder sets everyone as read permission.

If 'guest' is added with 'read' permission with 'everyone' as 'read' it does
show up(adding guest automatically adds 'everyone with read' if one removes
'everyone')
Which seems to mean that as far as the search is concerned the guest with
read permission is treated differently than just everyone with read
permission.

To actually see the impact, the Network Sharing center created search
window needs to be refreshed(F5) or closed/reopened to update changes.

...winston

That makes sense now that I dig a little further. If you look at the
'Scope' part of the query:

{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}

is the User Profile directory and:

{DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385}

is the Public directory. My Public folders show the owner as
'Administrators'. I would think if you moved a folder you owned into one
of the Public folders, it would show up in the search as well.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Thanks for responding Keith..
I checked all shared folders on the system and other
drives(partitions/logical drives) created by this logged on user account.
All folders when viewing the Advanced Security/Owner 'tab' show this
logged
on user account as the respective folder owner.

Additional info...as a test..I navigated to the C:\Users\{my logged on
Vista profile} and shared the Pictures folder.
The Pictures folder now appears in the 'Show me all the files and folders
I am sharing. The others, none of which reside under my logged on
profile or in the User folder, as previously mentioned do not.

..winston

Hmm...interesting. Here are the query parameters of the 'Shared by Me'
search:

<conditions>
<condition type="andCondition">
<condition type="leafCondition"
property="System.IsShared"
operator="eq" value="true"/>
<condition type="leafCondition"
property="System.FileOwner"
operator="eq" value="[Me]"/>
</condition>
</conditions>
<kindList>
<kind name="item"/>
</kindList>
<scope>
<include
knownFolder="{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}"/>
<include
knownFolder="{DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385}"/>
</scope>
</query>

So the first thing I would check is if you are the owner of any of the
shared folders:

Properties -> 'Security' tab -> 'Advanced' button -> 'Owner' tab


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


What is this "Shared By Me" search, BTW? (Again, mine is empty.)

Mine is empty as well. If you look at the properties dialog for a
file
folder, you'll see a 'Sharing' tab. As I understand it, you share a
folder to make it accessible to other users/computers on a network. I
assume if you had set up a folder to be shared, it would show in this
search.

That is what I thought too. I've been looking in that folder for a few
months and it remains blank. There are at least a half dozen shared
folders(the default public folder and other shared folders on the
system
and
other drives/partitions). Even going so far including the shared
folders
in
the search index. It remains empty.
The only link I've seen is within the Network and Sharing Center...if
one
clicks on the option to 'Show me all the files and folders I am
sharing'
the
search 'Shared by Me' folder will be displayed(it remains blank).
Clicking
on the other option 'Show me all the shared network folders on this
computer' does show all the folders on the network.

I