XP local NTFS permissions

[JohnB]

I installed an app the other day on a PC that is part of a Workgroup. This
app is different in that it doesn't update the registry, it can actaully be
copied to the PC, versus running a setup program.

So I was able to *install* it on this PC with a non-admin account.
But, the user wanted there to be 3 logins on this PC, each one having a
shortcut to this app. Did that. But it turned out only an account with
admin rights or, the account that originally installed the app could run it.
The app was copied to it's own folder off the root (C:\ThisApp)

I believe this is a folder permissions issue, not an administrator rights
specific problem. The owner of that folder, and an admin have rights to it.

But... where the heck is the Security tab on the folder Properties page?

 

[John John - MVP]

For XP Pro disable Simple File Sharing (in Folder Options), for XP Home
boot to Safe Mode or use the cacls utility to grant access rights to
other users.

John

 

[JohnB]

It's Pro.
Thanks.

For XP Pro disable Simple File Sharing (in Folder Options), for XP Home
boot to Safe Mode or use the cacls utility to grant access rights to other
users.

John

 

[John Wunderlich]

The app was copied to it's own folder off the root (C:\ThisApp)
I believe this is a folder permissions issue, not an administrator
rights specific problem. The owner of that folder, and an admin
have rights to it.

But... where the heck is the Security tab on the folder Properties
page?

The Security Tab will be missing if either you have XP Home or you have
XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled. See this article for more
info:

"How to disable simple file sharing and how to set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874>

To quickly check the access permissions on the folder, issue the
following command from a command window (Start->Run->Cmd)

cacls c:\ThisApp

This article may help, too:
"You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to access
the Shared Documents folder in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897103>

HTH,
John