Windows XP, create share, access denied

[Guest]

WINXP prof, SP2, simple sharing on or off (no difference) try to create a
share on a NTFS volume. Have admin rights, should not be a problem. Using
wizard, using the share tab in explorer, same result: the share cannot be
created, access denied.
Does somebody have a clue?

Regards, André

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

WINXP prof, SP2, simple sharing on or off (no difference) try to create a
share on a NTFS volume. Have admin rights, should not be a problem. Using
wizard, using the share tab in explorer, same result: the share cannot be
created, access denied.
Does somebody have a clue?

Regards, André

This should fix it:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

Steve, thanks, tried it (even as sugested elseware restarted in safe mode,
login as administrator and got the owner rights) no solution. There is
something else wrong, I do not know what. Any other sugestions please?
André

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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Steve, thanks, tried it (even as sugested elseware restarted in safe mode,
login as administrator and got the owner rights) no solution. There is
something else wrong, I do not know what. Any other sugestions please?
André

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

You're welcome, André. When you reply to a news group message, please
include the full text of the message that you're replying to, so that
people who only see the latest message can understand the situation.

Don't log in as the user named "Administrator". Log in with your
normal user name, take ownership as that user, and configure the
shares as that user. Double check that the user has administrator
privileges. Double check that the user has full control on the
folder.

If that doesn't solve it, I don't know what the problem is. Someone
else here might know, or you could try posting your question in news
group microsoft.public.windowsxp.general for more people to see.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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[Bob Willard]

WINXP prof, SP2, simple sharing on or off (no difference) try to create a
share on a NTFS volume. Have admin rights, should not be a problem. Using
wizard, using the share tab in explorer, same result: the share cannot be
created, access denied.
Does somebody have a clue?

Regards, André

Try to create a new folder and then try to share that new folder.

I'm wondering if you might be trying to share one of the folders
that XP dislikes sharing. When you rclick on Sharing (from Explorer),
is "Share this folder on the network" greyed out?

 

[Guest]

Bob,
It's irrelevant
-on what partition the folder is located;
-an existing folder or a brand new one (funny however, when I create a
folder the owner maker has no rights at all...);
-if it is a Windows related folder (like My pictures) or any folder at all.
I'm stuck...
I'm almost in to clean out the PC, copy all relevant data to an USB disk,
and re-install all of it. But that takes time.
André

 

[Guest]

Dear all,
How the problem was introduced I do not know, but the solution came by using
the XP Tweak utillity from Microsoft (the unsupported but o so usefull
utillity). In the Access control part of the tool it is possible to tweak the
File and printer shares by choosing this option from the rolldown menu in the
middle of the page.
Problem solved! I can create shares again,
André