Re: Missing "Shared Documents" folder
From: Bill Watkins (nospam_at_boeing.com)
Date: 04/23/04
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:31:47 -0500
Kelly --
Just a follow-up to my question about restoring the correct permissions -- I
found KB article 304040 - "Description of File Sharing and Permissions in
Windows XP" covers the default permissions of the various sharing mechanisms
in some detail.
Bill W.
"Bill W" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:306101c428c0$991cf460$a501280a@phx.gbl...
Kelly -- Thanks for the tips! Something appears to have
worked, at least partially, in conjunction with the steps
you identified, but I'm not exactly sure what ultimately
fixed it. The "Documents" folder icon that was appearing
in place of the "Shared Documents" folder suddenly
morphed back into "Shared Documents" only after I tried
some of your suggestions, and after I had selected
the "Documents" folder, and just as I checked the "Share
this folder on the network" checkbox in "Share this
folder" dialog. Not sure if this was just coincidental
timing of some lower level refresh that caught up with
the other changes I made per your suggestions, or a
direct result of checking the network sharing box.
The Shared Documents structure appears to have been
restored, though I'm still having numerous permissions
errors with the standard child folders and files, as well
as accessing the content of the folders from other
accounts. I'm having to correct these permissions
manually on a case-by-case basis, which doesn't seem
right, and all of the standard folders involved are
flagged "Read Only" and can't be reset . Is there any
reference to how permissions on Shared Documents and its
child folders/files should actually be set, or any way to
restore them to a default permissions configuration?
The only one of your tips that I couldn't quite figure
out was #2 -- I installed TweakUI, but couldn't figure
out what checkbox you were referring to in My Computer \
Files stored on this computer. Is this the one under the
Folder Options "View" tab? I did use the
TweakUI "Special Folders" tool on Shared Documents, but
I'm not sure what effect it had. The registry settings
were ultimately restored correctly.
Thanks for your help!
Bill
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Bill,
>
>This generally happens when/from moving/rerouting the My
Documents folders,
>etc.
>
>Suggestions and checkpoints:
>
>1. Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /i shell32
>
>2..If you have TweakUI installed, go to My
Computer/Files Stored on This
>Computer and place a check in the box.
>
>3. Check your paths here: Start/Run/Regedit
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\Shell
>Folders
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Explorer\Shell
>Folders
>
>Good luck!
>
>--
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
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>"Bill W" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:242701c427d2$1d5a5050$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>I appear to have broken the "Shared Documents Folder"
>> mechanism on my XP Pro box. Instead of a "Shared
>> Documents" folder, I have a "Documents" folder in All
>> Users which I can't open, explore or drag/drop into,
even
>> from an admin account. The "Documents" folder is all
that
>> appears in the "Other Places" browser view instead of
the
>> expected "Shared Documents" folder; it appears in
>> the "Other Places" browser view in other accounts as
well,
>> but is also inaccessible from those accounts. The
Shared
>> Pictures and Shared Music folders are also missing from
>> user accounts.
>>
>> In properties, the "Documents" folder is marked Read-
Only;
>> it lets me toggle the attribute off, but when I come
back
>> to properties, it's been reset to Read-Only again. If
I
>> try to change the name, I get a message about it being
an
>> OS file that can't be modified. If I try to use "Share
>> this folder", I get the pop up that tells me to drag it
>> into the "Shared Documents" folder. From a command
>> prompt, "Documents" shows up in dir under All Users,
but
>> if I do a dir on Documents itself, I get "file not
found".
>>
>> The "Use simple file sharing" check box in the My
Computer
>> folders options is checked, and I have tried
unchecking it
>> and then rechecking it to see if the configuartion
would
>> be reconstructed, but that didn't appear to work.
>>
>> I believe the mechanism was originally in place, and
>> though I'm not entirely sure how I screwed it up, I
think
>> it came as a result of confusing the intent of Shared
>> Documents with regular network file sharing, and
trying to
>> protect or configure the folder and the
other "Shared..."
>> folders in user accounts.
>>
>> The box is normally standalone with dial-up. Although
I
>> have a simple two-box LAN, the connection is
>> usually "Disabled" at the "Connections" icon for the
LAN
>> because of problems on the other box. Since the
connection
>> is Disabled, I don't think the workgroup connection is
>> playing into this.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to reconstruct the Shared
>> Documents mechanism short of reinstalling the OS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill W
>
>
>.
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