Sharing "My Documents" folder in XP Pro

[Kurt]

We have a 6-user LAN using the networking built in to XP.

On one of the computers, I want to share the My Documents
folder for the default user. Even though I have set the
folder up to be SHared, I am unable to access files in
the folder, and get an "access denied" message. I have
tried disabling the "simple file sharing" option on both
computers to no avail. How do I permit others to access
files in the My Documents folder for this computer? (I
am able to share files in My Documents on my own
computer).

 

[Kurt]

An additional, critical point. Two of the computers in
our network still use Win 98. They are able to access the
My Documents folder on the XP computer; so it is only the
other computers running XP that have the problem
accessing the folder.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

We have a 6-user LAN using the networking built in to XP.

On one of the computers, I want to share the My Documents
folder for the default user. Even though I have set the
folder up to be SHared, I am unable to access files in
the folder, and get an "access denied" message. I have
tried disabling the "simple file sharing" option on both
computers to no avail. How do I permit others to access
files in the My Documents folder for this computer? (I
am able to share files in My Documents on my own
computer).

Un-share the folder, make sure that simple file sharing is disabled,
then re-share the folder.
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