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03-04-2008 #1 (permalink)

dustinfrank
Dork trouble opening shared folders on network

Hi Everyone,

I have set up my home network between a Vista Ultimate and Home Premium machine and i can
Join Date: Feb 2008 "see" all the folders that i shared and have verified that i can print from the laptop (Home
Vista Ultimate Premium) across the network. But what i can't do is actually open a folder. I get the message
32bit/Windows 7 RC
build 7100 that i don't have permission, yet everything i can see is set to "full control". i'm sure there is
101 posts some setting i may not be thinking of here....

Thanks in advance for your help!

Murphy

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03-04-2008 #2 (permalink)

Re: trouble opening shared folders on network

Quote: dustinfrank

Hi Everyone,
Brink I have set up my home network between a Vista Ultimate and Home Premium machine and i
Administrator can "see" all the folders that i shared and have verified that i can print from the laptop (Home
Premium) across the network. But what i can't do is actually open a folder. I get the message
that i don't have permission, yet everything i can see is set to "full control". i'm sure there is

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some setting i may not be thinking of here....

Thanks in advance for your help!

Join Date: Apr 2007
Vista x64 Ultimate Murphy
SP2
23,710 posts

Hi Murphy,

Double check the steps in this tutorial to see if there may have been something that you
overlooked. In particular Step Three.

Simple File Sharing - Enable

If it is a user account's personal folder, you may need to grant permission for the main
username folder to be able to access the other folders first.

Shawn

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03-04-2008 #3 (permalink)

dustinfrank
Dork Re: trouble opening shared folders on network

Thanks Shawn, i saw that tutorial last night but didn't go through it in detail...i'll double check it
when i get home tonight. I do have a question though: when i get to #s 9 and 10 under step 3,
am i only entering users for the machine the shared folders reside or is their a way that i have
Join Date: Feb 2008 to enter the user/network path of the other machine here?
Vista Ultimate
32bit/Windows 7 RC
build 7100
101 posts

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03-04-2008 #4 (permalink)

Re: trouble opening shared folders on network

Murphy,

It's for the user accounts on the computer where the shared folder resides. You will logon to the
one of those user accounts via your networked computer.
Brink
Administrator

Join Date: Apr 2007

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