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Cannot make folders private in Win XP Pro SP3 with NTFS

 
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.NETed

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Since: Jun 06, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:05 pm
Post subject: Cannot make folders private in Win XP Pro SP3 with NTFS
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>security_admin (more info?)

I have Windows XP Professional SP3 with C: and D: partitions. Both
partitions are formatted as NTFS.

In D: I have all data so for that purpose I relocated all user's accounts
(My Documents) to D: they way we all know (see MS knowledge base or
TweakUI).

However, even though the partition is NTFS there is no way I can make the My
Document folders in D private! users *cannot* access other user's folders in
C:\Document and Settings\XXX\ but they can for some reason see ALL OTHER
USER's My Documents because they are moved to D: even when Windows
recognizes that each users documents are in D: and not in the installation
default.

I see no " Sharing" tab anywhere either. If i play with the Security tab
and remove "List Folders" (deny) to the Users group then not even the owner
can access it.

How can I then make "moved" My Documents folders *private*?
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Shenan Stanley

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Cannot make folders private in Win XP Pro SP3 with NTFS [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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..NETed wrote:
> I have Windows XP Professional SP3 with C: and D: partitions. Both
> partitions are formatted as NTFS.
>
> In D: I have all data so for that purpose I relocated all user's
> accounts (My Documents) to D: they way we all know (see MS
> knowledge base or TweakUI).
>
> However, even though the partition is NTFS there is no way I can
> make the My Document folders in D private! users *cannot* access
> other user's folders in C:\Document and Settings\XXX\ but they can
> for some reason see ALL OTHER USER's My Documents because they are
> moved to D: even when Windows recognizes that each users documents
> are in D: and not in the installation default.
>
> I see no " Sharing" tab anywhere either. If i play with the
> Security tab and remove "List Folders" (deny) to the Users group
> then not even the owner can access it.
>
> How can I then make "moved" My Documents folders *private*?

The only permission (security tab) needed on these folders is the owners -
the user who is supposed to access it. Make sure that user has rights to
it - full rights - everything else could be removed and that will make it
private.

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