can not access shared folder on local machine on windows 7
Ive been trying to setup my windows 7 machine so that i can access and view the files from my xp machine and vise versa, so after trying a few settings and having no luck i have set my c: to be a shared folder on the windows 7 machine and now on the same machine i can not access it, it keeps telling me c:\ is not accessible access is denied and by the looks of it nothing can access c:\ now, i cant seem to unshare the folder or do anything, im rather stumped with this so if anyone has any suggestions that would be greawt
June 15th, 2009 1:51pm

Windows really doesn't like the root folder being shared. You may want to restore to the day before you did it. To make sure you can share files and folders, first you need to make sure your computers are all in the same work group. Windows 7 defaults to homegroup, while Windows XP defaults to workgroup. You need to change one to match the other. Then you need to make sure if there is a username and password involved on either one, that the other has the same username and password.
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June 15th, 2009 4:04pm

You can find a very detailed walkthrough on how to share folders in windows xp here:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/share.mspxAnd here is one that guides you through sharing files between windows 7 and xp:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-xp/Good luck!Filip Wilms
June 15th, 2009 4:14pm

ive tried restoring it but it wont give me permission to do that, infact at the moment it wont give me permission to really do anything, ive changed both pc so they are ont eh same work group but it still doesnt seem to work
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June 15th, 2009 4:31pm

I didfix the problem (losing my access to the "C" drive)with help from another thread. Here are the steps that worked for me.1. Reboot computer and hite "F8" go into system restore mode.2. Log in and go to the search box and type (regedit)..regedit.exe will come up. click on it.3. goto: Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies- (find EnableLUA and set to 0) The find ConsentPromptBehavioradmin (in same row) and set it to 0.4. Restart computer normally5. Right click computer properties - go to security - click advanced - goto "owner" - click to edit - select yourself as owner & click on "replce owner" to set access to you.6. Reboot PC start "Regedit again"7. Restore the setting for EnableLUA = 1 and consentPromptBehaviorAdmin =3Good Luck!
June 30th, 2009 4:44am

Gianello, This seems to be at least a partial solution for my problem that I reported earlier(8/25/09) of losing acess to the C; Drive on my Sony Laptop. During step 5 "replace Owner" some files could not be accessed so I assume their ownership was not changed. Most of files on C reappeared but some are not accessable - seems to be those that were recently created. Do you have any idea why this is the case? Also, I notice in your step 7: 7. Restore the setting for EnableLUA = 1 and consentPromptBehaviorAdmin =3 You are restoring "consentPromptBehaviorAdmin" to the value of 3. Is this correct as it was originally value 5? Also on my "other Laptop" a toshiba I have the Value of consentPromptBehaviorAdmin set to "2" and I have no pronlem with that machine now, as I was able to change ownership and restore acess and files on its C drive without going through the 7 step process you cited. This is all mysterious to me at this point. Regardless thanks for the solution even if partial. Thomas
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August 26th, 2009 3:13pm

I don't have a solution for unsharing the folder but I had the same issue with sharing the root folder of a second drive (in a workgroup, not a homegroup). I'm still looking for a better answer but I was able to work around this by allowing sharing without passwords and then adding users to the shared computer to match the user names of all of the other computers that needed to access it. If someone has a solution without having a long list of users at sign-on, I'd love to hear it but this is working for now.
October 28th, 2009 7:25pm

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