Re: I Can't Turn Sharing Off

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:02:19 -0700, "Shane Goodman"
<nospam-goodman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings,

I have a folder which is being shared:

c:\Documents and Settings\Shane

I want to turn sharing off for this folder, but when I go to the Sharing tab
in properties, the "Share this folder on the network" box is dimmed, so I
can't clear it. Why would this check box be dimmed? How can I make it not
dimmed, so I can clear it?

Thanks,
Shane.
Windows XP Home SP3

Make sure that you're logged in as Shane and that your account has
computer administrator privileges.

Try unsharing it at a command prompt using this command:

net share shane /delete

This seemed to work. My "Shane" folder is no longer shared, although the
options in the Sharing tab are dimmed, which is weird.

Thanks,
Shane.
Windows XP Home SP3

You're welcome! I don't know why the sharing tab isn't working. If
you want to share the folder again, you can use:

net share Shane="C:\Documents and Settings\Shane"
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