Sharing folders and files

[Tor Bådshaug]

Lately, I simply cannot understand what is going on in a Windows XP
installation of a friend of mine when it comes to file and folder sharing.
The issue is that when most (not all) folders has the 'Sharing and
Security...' or 'Properties' items from the right-click popup menu selected,
NOTHING happens... The same yields when trying to come into an UI for
setting the sharing properties using 'Share this folder' under 'Files and
Folders tasks'.. Really strange.
I have checked the event log but nothing is reported there either.

I positively know that file sharing worked for the exact same folders
earlier. Two utilities that are new in the system since the last time I knew
file sharing worked are :
Folder Redirector : http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderredirector.htm and,
2xExplorer : http://netez.com/2xExplorer/

Has anybody any clue about why this happens? It is a bit humiliating being
called over as 'an expert' to set up trivial file sharing, when it simply
won't work..

Tor Bådshaug
tor.badshaug(AT)bekk.no

 

[Tor Bådshaug]

A little more info:
I forgot to mention I have tried to use rmtshare.exe from the command line
to manage the shares that way.

I was actually able to unshare one of the "problem folders", but I when I
tried to create a new share I got
"The command failed: -1073741819".

Tor Bådshaug
tor.badshaug(AT)bekk.no

 

[Malke]

Lately, I simply cannot understand what is going on in a Windows XP
installation of a friend of mine when it comes to file and folder
sharing. The issue is that when most (not all) folders has the
'Sharing and Security...' or 'Properties' items from the right-click
popup menu selected, NOTHING happens... The same yields when trying to
come into an UI for setting the sharing properties using 'Share this
folder' under 'Files and Folders tasks'.. Really strange.
I have checked the event log but nothing is reported there either.

I positively know that file sharing worked for the exact same folders
earlier. Two utilities that are new in the system since the last time
I knew file sharing worked are :
Folder Redirector : http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderredirector.htm
and, 2xExplorer : http://netez.com/2xExplorer/

Has anybody any clue about why this happens? It is a bit humiliating
being called over as 'an expert' to set up trivial file sharing, when
it simply won't work..

Tor Bådshaug
tor.badshaug(AT)bekk.no

I don't think Folder Redirector would cause this, but the other item is
third-party and is a shell replacement. I would definitely uninstall it
and/or get your friend to do a System Restore to when things were
working (if it isn't too long ago).

Malke

 

[Barry]

I don't think Folder Redirector would cause this, but the other item is
third-party and is a shell replacement. I would definitely uninstall it

I use 2xExplorer on a network and have no problem sharing files or
folders. That program may not be the cause.

 

[Malke]

I use 2xExplorer on a network and have no problem sharing files or
folders. That program may not be the cause.

Well, of course it might not be the cause. But whenever you have a
situation where the computer worked well and then there was a change
and the computer didn't work well any more, that's a good place to
start troubleshooting.

Malke