Re: public folder not available for all users (Vista Home Premium)

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Elvis Napoleon The Great wrote:

They were copied from ext usb device to Public folder.
There's no owner "Everybody" in Security tab.

There's no possibility to add users to groups in Home Premium.

Possibly some of them were read-only or had incorrect ownership. Copy them
to your own User directory and take ownership. You can do this in all
versions of Vista.

Check the permissions of the file (or folder the file is saved in) and take
ownership:

1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you
have.

To open a file, you need to have read permission. For more information on
permissions, see What are permissions?

http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr

Once you have the ownership straightened out, copy to the Public folder. If
all is well, you can delete the duplicates in your User directory.

Malke
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