Re: Folder Permissions
- From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:47:02 -0400
In addition to Read-only, there are specific file/folder permissions that may be at issue here. For XP Home, by default, you can only access the Security tab (File/Folder properties) via Safe Mode. See Help and Support for more information on Safe Mode.
Additionally, you can add the Security tab in XP Home, outside of Safe Mode.
How Do I Get the Security Tab in Properties - XP Home (makes the Security tab appear outside of Safe Mode)
http://www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips section
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"N" <N@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43D37D27-C999-499F-A957-B40241F289D0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
>
> I'm using XP SP2 home edition with the NTFS filesystem. I've only started
> using Windows a week ago, so I'm sure this is very basic, but... this is the
> "basics" group, right? I have three users set up, one administrator and two
> normal ones. When I tried to install an application as the normal user,
> Windows refused and said I needed to do it as the administrator. So I did
> that. The problem is that now, when the normal users run the application,
> they can't save their settings because all of the application-specific
> folders installed by the administrator account are read-only.
>
> When I right-click on the folder and bring up the Properties I see a
> checkbox for "Read Only" so I uncheck that and click Apply. A second dialog
> box then comes up asking if I want to apply the change "unset readonly" to
> just the folder or to the folders and all subfolders and files. I choose all
> subfolders and files, click OK, OK on the main dialog box, and everything
> appears to succeed. There are no error messages, anyway.
>
> But the normal users still can't save their settings. What's worse, when I
> go back to the same folder(s) and look at their properties, the "read only"
> checkbox is checked again! What's the solution to this? Ideally what I want
> is to keep most of the application read-only but allow write access to the
> folders that contain per-user settings information.
>
> I looked around at the support documents, but they're either obsolete or
> ignore the separation between "home edition" and "professional," so they talk
> about assigning permissions to specific users and groups, which I can't do
> with Home Edition. If upgrading is the only solution, I'll do that, but would
> rather save my pennies for other things.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim
>
> PS Can anyone recommend a good book? I write kernel code for embedded
> systems, so I don't need the touch-feely "Wow! This is a window!" sort of
> thing. I need to know how to make XP a usable tool, and do the kind of stuff
> here that I could accomplish with a few keystrokes in any other OS. Any
> suggestions would be very helpful.
.
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