Properties window in Explorer not showing

[Guest]

Using Explorer, I want to share a folder. After right clicking on the folder
I left click "Sharing and security..." and wait for the tabbed window to
appear (as it used to before), but it never appears. This problem suddenly
started and it is most annoying since I regularly share folders on my
network. Note that it is not only "Sharing and security..." that is the
problem, but also when I want to see "Properties" of a folder. Why do I have
this problem and how do I solve it? I don't know if it matters, but I'm using
file advanced sharing.

 

[AK]

If this is happening after you upgraded to SP2 it is a common problem in my
experience and as reported by others.

Try the following work around, suggested to me by Bobby Mikkleson:

Try booting into Safe Mode with Network support and then access the
folders. This will most likely allow you to change the folder properties.

Unfortunately, when you reboot in normal mode, you still won't be able to
change the folder properties, but they will retain the settings you made in
Safe Mode.

A Kelly tweak has been suggested, but in my experience and in that of
others, it doesn't help, and I don't think anyone has been able to
demonstrate the problem to Kelly so that he can fix it.

Alan