Re: Accessing user files

merlinspop wrote:
Yes, I know about doing that, but that's not what I'm asking. In Documents and Settings, there is a folder with each of our names. Before passwords were applied, we could open those folders and see all of the contents. Now we can't. We particularly want to be able to see what our son has in there that he has NOT moved to the shared folders. I hope I'm asking it more clearly. Thanks.

It sounds like each person made their Documents private when they applied the password.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/homeandofficeuser/tips/040402.asp - How to make My Documents Private in XP Home

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm - Ramesh - How to undo "Make this folder private" option"


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