Shared C Drive but still access denied

jackgreat · May 31, 2013

Hi Guys,

I have a dell laptop running Windows 7 Pro. I have other systems in the network with some running Win 7 and others Win Xp.

I wanted to share the C and D drives of my laptop. So I selected D Drive and chose advanced sharing, (Everyone) and shared it. This way my network systems are able to access the D drive.

The same I did for C drive. But in this case though we can see the C Drive shared in network but when we tried to access it we get message access is denied. The settings in network sharing center is fine (password sharing is off and access to public folder sharing is on).

What should I do to fix this ?

Thanks,

Cheers,
Jack

noidea_77 · May 31, 2013

That's a windows security feature. You should never share the entire c drive on a network. Just share the public folders on a home group and it will work.

jackgreat · May 31, 2013

noidea_77 :

I know but I have to share C Drive and before my laptop was reinstalled with Win 7, the C was shared and we could access it. How can I access it now ?

USAFRet · May 31, 2013

Why do you "have" to share the C drive?

jackgreat · May 31, 2013

USAFRet :

I am only asking for read only access to C drive. Some important files are updated in real time in C drive and I need to read them. I know this is possible because thats the way it was previously.

Even if i don;t share C drive I need to share a folder in C drive and give full permissions. I tried that also but it didnt work.

jackgreat · Jun 3, 2013

Any help please ?

USAFRet · Aug 11, 2013

iamgoo2 :

I asked the question, because very, very often, there is another, easier solution that will work.

This is an example of the classic XY Problem.
"I wish to do X, and I think Y is the best answer. How do I do Y?" With no mention of what X actually is.

iamgoo2 · Aug 12, 2013

USAFRet :

iamgoo2 :

I asked the question, because very, very often, there is another, easier solution that will work.

This is an example of the classic XY Problem.
"I wish to do X, and I think Y is the best answer. How do I do Y?" With no mention of what X actually is.

Sorry, I was cranky and frustrated, but still shouldn't have vented on you. Please accept my apologies! I know you were just trying to help.

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