Is there a way to disable it because it keep popping up every time i delete something from shared folders and partitions. Thanks in advance.

Which folders are you getting this message on? How many computers to you have. Is this a home network or a corporate network?

Pretty much on every share folder when i erase her and it's a home network and i have two computers.

you can use the rd (remove directory) command in a command window. you will not be prompted with the message you are complaining about. You can also stop sharing a folder first before deleting it, then you will not get that prompt.

First of all RD only delete empty folder meaning i should either use deltree or before using RD enter the directory and delete everything with del *.* then go out of the folder and then use RD and of course i can first disable the sharing before deleting but the point of me wanting to disable this message is to do less actions not more i want that when i press shift delete i want have press yes just because it's a shared folder it sort of loose the effect of shift delete.:)

This behavior is by design. No policies or methods to disable it.Arthur Xie - MSFT

Then that "feature" is imbecilic. It occurs randomly on random folders. If a folder is shared, some of its subfolders will exhibit this behavior, while others won't. Attempts to un-share a subfolder usually throws additional errors. Attempting to move a subfolder within a shared folder will also throw this error. The corollaries to this are other false errors saying that the action can't be completed because the file or folder is open in another application, even when that is not the case, and also the error saying that a particular action can't be completed because the user doesn't have permission, even when the user is logged in with the sole administrative account on the machine. If an object was once open in another window or application, the lock often doesn't get released when the window or application closes. Fortunately, I have "unlocker" software, but that shouldn't be necessary, and non-technical people don't have the knowledge to find and use it. I find it baffling that someone at Microsoft thought these were good ideas.

This behavior is by design. No policies or methods to disable it. Arthur Xie - MSFT But it's NOT being shared with other people. There is no folder or file *sharing* explicitly enabled on those items. The message has nothing to do with the objects being SHARED. It has to do with account read permissions -- which don't correspond to real people. So the message is not only unwanted and annoying, but it is wrong in at least 2 ways -- it's not being 'shared' (a term used when you enabled "Sharing"), nor does it have to do with other people. So how do we fix this problem?

I am having similar issues. Basically there is a folder named "shared" which is a share called "networkshared" for example. Any sub dirs beneath that dir that have customised group permissions cause this to be displayed. The folders are not directly shared, they are just sub folders which have custom ACL's. This cant be by design tbh....http://www.edugeek.net - The I.T. Professionals life line

I agree. We are seeing the exact same behavior on sub-folders underneath a shared folder. Unless we're moving the actual shared folder, this message should not be displayed.

Are there any plans to modify this behaviour? It is truly a pain to delete directories within a network share currently. It is a change for the worse for Windows 7.

Not to bring up a dead post, but the solution is rather simple. As a matter of fact Proton2 almost had it. Use RMDIR command in command prompt to delete both the folders and files (the folder does not need to be empty) without bring up the "this folder is shared with other people" every time. RMDIR has replaced the old DELTREE from pre-XP windows.

not so as if u just want to move...roys99

C:\Users\mnemonic\Documents>rmdir alpha The directory is not empty. Sorry bud, but the dir has to be empty.

Sorry bud, but the dir has to be empty. RD /S /Q alpha

I'm getting real fed up with "This behavior is by design" as an answer. I've found a few things that have required a fix or workaround and whenever I search for a solution, the only answer I find is "This behavior is by design". MICROSOFT, PLEASE STOP DESIGNING THESE STUPID/DUMB BEHAVIOURS INTO WINDOWS! Some of the Windows Devs really should come work in the environment I work in (School) and maybe they'll actually see how silly some of these "Features" really are. Rant Over.

I'm getting real fed up with "This behavior is by design" as an answer. I've found a few things that have required a fix or workaround and whenever I search for a solution, the only answer I find is "This behavior is by design". MICROSOFT, PLEASE STOP DESIGNING THESE STUPID/DUMB BEHAVIOURS INTO WINDOWS! Some of the Windows Devs really should come work in the environment I work in (School) and maybe they'll actually see how silly some of these "Features" really are. Rant Over. I agree 100%. The development teams are completly out of touch with reality.

I'm getting real fed up with "This behavior is by design" as an answer. I've found a few things that have required a fix or workaround and whenever I search for a solution, the only answer I find is "This behavior is by design". MICROSOFT, PLEASE STOP DESIGNING THESE STUPID/DUMB BEHAVIOURS INTO WINDOWS! Some of the Windows Devs really should come work in the environment I work in (School) and maybe they'll actually see how silly some of these "Features" really are. Rant Over. I agree 100%. The development teams are completly out of touch with reality. The development teams are completely out of the country. (India, China, etc.)

Guys, I'm running into the same problem on Windows 7. It's NOT a shared folder thing. It's happening to my NON-SHARED folders. I found a solution. I simply CUT/PASTE the darn things straight into Recycle Bin. So simply do this: 1) Find Recycle Bin (hopefully it's on your Windows desktop), and double-click on it to bring it up. 2) Right-click and CUT all your folders you don't want. Hold down the CTRL key for multiple folders. 3) Paste into Recycle Bin. Problem solved.

This indeed is an aggravating 'feature'. I have one folder shared, and within it hundreds of other folders, but I am trying to move agroup of files and subfolders out of the shared folder, and it tells me for almost (not all - which also is strange) every folder that the folder is shared and waits for me to click continue. I think i've clicked continue now about 50 times.... Microsoft, at LEAST put a checkbox that you can click to acknowledge that you really don't want to see this message anymore. Almost as silly as whoever in Windows 7 thought it would be a good idea to no longer show the little hand icon indicating a folder is shared.

I found a solution. I simply CUT/PASTE the darn things straight into Recycle Bin. That worked, Kaswyn. Thank you! To Microsoft: As others have stated, this "feature", if by design, is patently absurd. If I share the root of a drive, e.g., D:, and attempt to move or delete a subdirectory that contains thousands of other subdirectories, I should not have to click "OK" on thousands of annoying dialogs (which is the current behavior). Again, as others have stated, the behavior is inconsistent across drives. Not all shared drives exhibit this behavior. For example, I have three shared drives (none of which are system volumes) and only one of the drives shows every single subdirectory and file with "Shared" status at the bottom of the Explorer window. I have tried un-sharing and re-sharing the drive and the behavior persists.