Sharing within Program Files

[krys.squires]

I know you can't share the Program Files folder, but has anyone come
across problems sharing folders within it?

 

[Guest]

You can share the Program Files folder, even the whole drive. Any specific
folder can be shared, the catch is you have to turn Off "Simple File
Sharing", (or use the CACLS utility, on Home Ed.)
Description of File Sharing and Permissions in Windows XP (Q304040):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q304/0/40.ASP
162786 - Undocumented CACLS Group Permissions Capabilities:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q162786

 

[krys.squires]

I guess I should rephrase:
Has anyone come across networking problems that stem from sharing a
folder from under "program files" as opposed to creating the shared
folder just under (say) c:\data

 

[krys.squires]

(bump)

Can anyone give me an opinion here?
I have someone saying their network isn't working right because some
data is shared from a folder under "Program Files"