Problem with Shared folder

[Rob]

Hi everyone and best wishes for the new year.

I have a problem with my shared folders.
When I open Control Panel > Administration tools > Computer
Management
and I scroll to System Tools --> Shared Folders --> Shares.

From the Action menu (or right click) over either
Shared Folders & Shares and its "sub directories" Admin$, C$ and IPC$

I just can't "Add Shares", "delete Shares" or even change the
permissions of these files.

I don't have the following menus when I right click:
- New File Share ...
- New I>

I am under an administrative account though.
May anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Rob" <Rob.MacHugh@gmail.com>

| Hi everyone and best wishes for the new year.
|
| I have a problem with my shared folders.
| When I open Control Panel > Administration tools > Computer
| Management
| and I scroll to System Tools --> Shared Folders --> Shares.
|
| From the Action menu (or right click) over either
| Shared Folders & Shares and its "sub directories" Admin$, C$ and IPC$
|
| I just can't "Add Shares", "delete Shares" or even change the
| permissions of these files.
|
| I don't have the following menus when I right click:
| - New File Share ...
| - New I>
|
| I am under an administrative account though.
| May anyone help?
|
| Thanks in advance.

What is the OS ?

--
Dave
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[Rob]

XP

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Rob" <Rob.MacHugh@gmail.com>

| XP

What flavour ?

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Rob wrote:
> I have a problem with my shared folders.
> When I open: Control Panel > Administration tools > Computer
> Management and I scroll to System Tools --> Shared Folders
> --> Shares.
>
> From the Action menu (or right click) over either
> Shared Folders & Shares and its "sub directories" Admin$, C$
> and IPC$
>
> I just can't "Add Shares", "delete Shares" or even change the
> permissions of these files.
>
> I don't have the following menus when I right click:
> - New File Share ...
> - New I>
>
> I am under an administrative account though.
> May anyone help?

David H. Lipman wrote:
> What is the OS ?

Rob wrote:
> XP

David H. Lipman wrote:
> What flavour ?

I can see this could take a while...

- Windows XP (Home, Professional, TabletPC, Media Center
or x64)?

- RTM, SP1 or SP2?

- Fully patched *after* SP2?

- Is "Simple File Sharing" disabled?
(if you tell us you have Windows XP Home, the answer to
this is a "no".)

- Can you create a share from the command prompt?
Do the following:
- Start button --> RUN
- Type in: cmd /k net share /?
- Click OK.
- Share a simple folder like...

- In the command prompt, type:
mkdir c:\temp
- Press Enter.
- No matter the response, type:
net share TEMPSHARE=C:\temp
- Press Enter.
- Check in the Computer Management console to verify
the share exists and to change the perms, etc.

- Verify you are a member of the administrators group...
- Start button --> RUN
- Type in: cmd /k net localgroup administrators
- Click OK.
- Are you listed as a MEMBER?

- Are you a member of a domain?
- Start button --> RUN
- Type in: cmd /k echo %USERDOMAIN%
- Click OK.
- Is the name echo'd in the top-left your computer name?

The more information you can give us about your situation, your computer
specifications, your environment (computing environment) and level of
knowledge - the more likely you will be to get what you need.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

 

[Rob]

Thank you Dave & Shenan I turned off simple file sharing and I have
been able to access the proper menu's options.

Have a nice year and best wishes!
Rob