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John - 24 May 2005 21:35 GMT

I am trying to allow a Folder Share on a Windows XP machine and when I
right-click the drive I can't see this button. Any idea where did it go and
how to get it back?
(Yes, I am logged in with administrator privileges).

Thank you.

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Wesley Vogel - 24 May 2005 21:41 GMT

[[Troubleshooting
If the Security tab is not available, and if you cannot configure
permissions for users and groups, either the file or folder that you want to
apply permissions to is not an NTFS drive, or simple file sharing is
enabled. To troubleshoot, follow these steps:1. Verify that the file or
folder that you want to apply permissions to is an NTFS drive. You can set
permissions only on drives that are formatted to use NTFS.
2. By default, simplified sharing is enabled in Windows XP unless you are on
a domain. To work around this behavior, disable Simplified Sharing. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418#7

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

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> I am trying to allow a Folder Share on a Windows XP machine and when I
> right-click the drive I can't see this button. Any idea where did it go
> and how to get it back?
> (Yes, I am logged in with administrator privileges).
>
> Thank you.

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John - 24 May 2005 21:56 GMT

1. How come in other Windows XP machines I didn't have to disable the
Simplified Sharing and it is working fine?
2. I disabled it, re-boot the computer - still not there.
3. The drive is NTFS.
4. This is weird...

> [[Troubleshooting
> If the Security tab is not available, and if you cannot configure
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>>
>> Thank you.

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Wesley Vogel - 24 May 2005 22:24 GMT

John,

1. Who knows? Why is there air?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoSecurityTab
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Security Tab
1 = No Security Tab

XP Pro???

[[Remove Security tab

Administrative Template: System
Policy Node: USER
Policy Path: Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer
Help/Explain Text: Removes the Security tab from Windows Explorer. If you
enable this setting, users opening the Properties dialog box for all file
system objects, including folders, files, shortcuts, and drives, will not be
able to access the Security tab. As a result, users will be able to neither
change the security settings nor view a list of all users that have access
to the resource in question. If you disable or do not configure this
setting, users will be able to access the security tab.
Registry Settings:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoSecurityTab ]]
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=552

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> 1. How come in other Windows XP machines I didn't have to disable the
> Simplified Sharing and it is working fine?
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>>>
>>> Thank you.

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Paul Sevcik - 30 Dec 2007 05:27 GMT

John;4580208 Wrote:

> I am trying to allow a Folder Share on a Windows XP machine and when I
> right-click the drive I can't see this button. Any idea where did it go
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Thank you.

If everything fails, meaning you have all prerequisites met, and you
are still not getting the "Sharing" tab in the Drive Properties, it is
because you have 2 important registry keys missing (they were deleted
during uninstallation of some "exellent" application).

Both keys can be imported to the registry using the text files with the
".reg" file extension.

Contents of file 1:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]
@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

Contents of file 2:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing]
@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"

When you create these 2 registry keys, the "Sharing" tab will appear in
the drive properties. And you computer does not have to be a member of
the domain, it can be the workstation as well. And the tab will show
even if you are using simple file sharing. You will also get the
"Sharing and Security..." item into your context menu when
right-clicking on the hard drive. I tested this on Win XP Pro, but it
should be applicable to Win 2000 as well.

Hope this helps...

Paul Sevcik

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