Kelly said:
Hi,
Go to Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View and uncheck Use simple file
sharing.
That is one way you might be able to get around the problem, but only if
you have XP Professional (it won't work with Home). If do you have a
version of XP in which you can disable the simple file sharing
bug^H^H^Hfeature, do so, then proceed to modify the access control list
for each user's documents and settings folder by performing the following:
1) Navigate Windows Explorer to C:\Documents and Settings\
2) For each user whose home directory was made public, right click on
the folder with his or her username and select Properties. Click on the
Security tab in the resulting Properties dialog.
3) Proceed to delete all entries in the "group or user names" box
*except* the SYSTEM entry and the entry that corresponds with the user
who owns said folder. Be especially sure to remove any entries for the
Guest or Everyone objects.
XP Home Edition lacks the GUI Access Control List (ACL) tool that I
described above. However, you can still modify a file or directory's ACL
with the command-line tool, CACLS. If you are running XP Home, open a
command prompt (usually has a launcher located under the "Accessories"
branch of the Programs tree). Now, on the command line, type the
following for each user whose "my documents" folder you want to make
private:
cacls "c:\documents and settings\username" /t /g username:f system:f
I can't promise that this will work, since I don't have an XP Home
machine handy to try it on... but it's probably worth a try. One thing
to keep in mind is that if your fax software really did modify these
ACLs (possibly the reason for the folders suddenly becoming public),
then changing them back could break something with the fax software.
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