Subfolders of shared folders do not open

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I thought I had succeeded in sharing Documents and Settings\<User>\My
Documents folders for each user on "Computer A" (running XP Home). "Computer
B" (XP Pro) can access the network shares, but cannot access CERTAIN
SUBFOLDERS of these folders, and this is only occuring with SOME of the
network shares.

For example...

Computer A has "C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\My Documents" shared as
"MartinDocuments". Martin is an Administrator user, if that matters.

Computer B can access
\\ComputerA\MartinDocuments

but not subfolders
\\ComputerA\MartinDocuments\Homework

however it CAN access certain subfolders like
\\ComputerA\MartinDocuments\My Pictures
and \\ComputerA\MartinDocuments\My Music

Furthermore,

Computer A has "C:\Documents and Settings\Tim\My Documents" shared as
"TimDocuments". Computer B can access \\ComputerA\TimDocuments and ALL
subfolders successfully.

I am really confused and annoyed.
 
Hi Martin,
Check the folder properties/access rights for the homework folder. It might
be the case, that this folder is "private" so that it is only the Martin
account which can read and modify files in this folder.

/peter
 
Actually seems to be to do with how copying versus moving folders into a
shared folder and whether they retain or lose their permissions. Might that
make sense? If I move all the folders somewhere else and then COPY them back
in it seems to work.
 
Actually seems to be to do with how copying versus moving folders into a
shared folder and whether they retain or lose their permissions. Might that
make sense? If I move all the folders somewhere else and then COPY them back
in it seems to work.
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Martin,

good hint. Indeed, when you move a file or folder, it retains
its access permissions. When you copy it, it loses them and
inherits new ones from the folder into which it is copied.

Objects within the copied folder, however, may inherit or keep
their settings, depending on how the access rights are set.

Hans-Georg
 
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