How to set folder private?

[RC]

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Hi Dudes,
This is a very silly simple question.

I want to make a folder be private (not sharing) in
Windows XP Home edition.

So I press the right mouse button, drag to Property,
click the Sharing tag.

There is a check box for me to make that folder in private.
But the check box is gray out, so I can NOT click to check
that box.

Please tell me what else I have to do (in Home edition)?
Thank Q very much in advance!

P.S., in Professional edition, I see a default radio check
"Do not share this folder".
Why Bill Gate made two versions of XP unequal?!

 

[Guest]

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The Make this folder private option requires the NTFS file system.
Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

HOW TO: Set the My Documents Folder as "Private" in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

You Cannot Select the "Make This Folder Private" Option
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307286

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"RC" wrote:

| Hi Dudes,
| This is a very silly simple question.
|
| I want to make a folder be private (not sharing) in
| Windows XP Home edition.
|
| So I press the right mouse button, drag to Property,
| click the Sharing tag.
|
| There is a check box for me to make that folder in private.
| But the check box is gray out, so I can NOT click to check
| that box.
|
| Please tell me what else I have to do (in Home edition)?
| Thank Q very much in advance!
|
| P.S., in Professional edition, I see a default radio check
| "Do not share this folder".
| Why Bill Gate made two versions of XP unequal?!

 

[Guest]

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If the check boxes under Permissions for user or group are shaded or if the
Remove button is unavailable, then the file or folder has inherited
permissions from the parent folder.

How inheritance affects file and folder permissions
After you set permissions on a parent folder, new files and subfolders that
are created in the folder inherit these permissions. If you do not want them
to inherit permissions, select This folder only in Apply onto when you set
up special permissions for the parent folder. In cases where you want to
prevent only certain files or subfolders from inheriting permissions,
right-click the file or subfolder, click Properties, click the Security tab,
click Advanced, and then clear the Inherit from parent the permission
entries that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly
defined here. check box.

If the check boxes appear shaded, the file or folder has inherited
permissions from the parent folder. There are three ways to make changes to
inherited permissions:

a.. Make the changes to the parent folder, and then the file or folder
will inherit these permissions.
b.. Select the opposite permission (Allow or Deny) to override the
inherited permission.
c.. Clear the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to
child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here. check
box. You can then make changes to the permissions or remove the user or
group from the permissions list. However, the file or folder will no longer
inherit permissions from the parent folder.

In most cases, Deny overrides Allow unless a folder is inheriting
conflicting settings from different parents. In that case, the setting
inherited from the parent closest to the object in the subtree will have
precedence.



"RC" <raymond.chui@nospam.noaa.gov> wrote in message
news:df1hcv$t4a$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...
> Hi Dudes,
> This is a very silly simple question.
>
> I want to make a folder be private (not sharing) in
> Windows XP Home edition.
>
> So I press the right mouse button, drag to Property,
> click the Sharing tag.
>
> There is a check box for me to make that folder in private.
> But the check box is gray out, so I can NOT click to check
> that box.
>
> Please tell me what else I have to do (in Home edition)?
> Thank Q very much in advance!
>
> P.S., in Professional edition, I see a default radio check
> "Do not share this folder".
> Why Bill Gate made two versions of XP unequal?!