Can't remove sharing for a folder

For some reason, I have my "Documents" tree and all its subfolders shared
with
another (non-admin) user on the PC. I don't want this user to have access to
my files in this folder or its subdirectories

So, I select properties/sharing and select "stop sharing". After several
minutes (!!) it returns "You could not stop sharing the selected folder" and
the reason given is "This folder is in a shared folder".

I don't understand what this means exactly. The Documents folder is directly
under the Users folder and this does not appear to be shared to other users
on the PC, although it is available in Network places on other PCs on the
home network. Other (non-admin) users on the PC do not have this unwanted
share, only the one user in question.

I am an "Admin" user. Vista Home Premium. How do I get this shared access to
go away?

TIA James :-)

--

James:-)

Does anyone have any thoughts on this issue? I'm having exactly the same
problem.

A bit more detail... I had at one (inopportune) moment shared my root
directory. It is no longer shared; disabling that share seemed to work.
Similarly, my user account is unshared. However, all subdirectories of my
user account (Users > whoever) remain listed as shared. When I right-click on
any such folder and go to share > stop share, I get the message "You could
not stop sharing the selected folder", with the additional information:

"Some items are still shared"

and

"This folder is in a shared folder"

This result occurs even with empty folders, and as noted, the parent folder
is NOT shared.

My goal is to share specific folders under my user account...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ken



"James David Byrne" wrote:

> For some reason, I have my "Documents" tree and all its subfolders shared
> with
> another (non-admin) user on the PC. I don't want this user to have access to
> my files in this folder or its subdirectories
>
> So, I select properties/sharing and select "stop sharing". After several
> minutes (!!) it returns "You could not stop sharing the selected folder" and
> the reason given is "This folder is in a shared folder".
>
> I don't understand what this means exactly. The Documents folder is directly
> under the Users folder and this does not appear to be shared to other users
> on the PC, although it is available in Network places on other PCs on the
> home network. Other (non-admin) users on the PC do not have this unwanted
> share, only the one user in question.
>
> I am an "Admin" user. Vista Home Premium. How do I get this shared access to
> go away?
>
> TIA James :-)
>
> --
>
> James:-)
>
>
>

Best practices for permissions and user rights

http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

You have to include yourselves in the Group Administrators in Local Users
and Groups.
Assign then permissions to the group Administrators rather then yourselves.

"kahirsch" <> wrote in message
news:2609A2C7-26A7-408E-B7C4-...
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this issue? I'm having exactly the same
> problem.
>
> A bit more detail... I had at one (inopportune) moment shared my root
> directory. It is no longer shared; disabling that share seemed to work.
> Similarly, my user account is unshared. However, all subdirectories of my
> user account (Users > whoever) remain listed as shared. When I right-click
> on
> any such folder and go to share > stop share, I get the message "You could
> not stop sharing the selected folder", with the additional information:
>
> "Some items are still shared"
>
> and
>
> "This folder is in a shared folder"
>
> This result occurs even with empty folders, and as noted, the parent
> folder
> is NOT shared.
>
> My goal is to share specific folders under my user account...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> "James David Byrne" wrote:
>
>> For some reason, I have my "Documents" tree and all its subfolders shared
>> with
>> another (non-admin) user on the PC. I don't want this user to have access
>> to
>> my files in this folder or its subdirectories
>>
>> So, I select properties/sharing and select "stop sharing". After several
>> minutes (!!) it returns "You could not stop sharing the selected folder"
>> and
>> the reason given is "This folder is in a shared folder".
>>
>> I don't understand what this means exactly. The Documents folder is
>> directly
>> under the Users folder and this does not appear to be shared to other
>> users
>> on the PC, although it is available in Network places on other PCs on the
>> home network. Other (non-admin) users on the PC do not have this unwanted
>> share, only the one user in question.
>>
>> I am an "Admin" user. Vista Home Premium. How do I get this shared access
>> to
>> go away?
>>
>> TIA James :-)
>>
>> --
>>
>> James:-)
>>
>>
>>

Could it be, that the "My Documents" Junction has been shared?

Emil Lulic

"kahirsch" <> wrote in message
news:2609A2C7-26A7-408E-B7C4-...
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this issue? I'm having exactly the same
> problem.
>
> A bit more detail... I had at one (inopportune) moment shared my root
> directory. It is no longer shared; disabling that share seemed to work.
> Similarly, my user account is unshared. However, all subdirectories of my
> user account (Users > whoever) remain listed as shared. When I right-click
> on
> any such folder and go to share > stop share, I get the message "You could
> not stop sharing the selected folder", with the additional information:
>
> "Some items are still shared"
>
> and
>
> "This folder is in a shared folder"
>
> This result occurs even with empty folders, and as noted, the parent
> folder
> is NOT shared.
>
> My goal is to share specific folders under my user account...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> "James David Byrne" wrote:
>
>> For some reason, I have my "Documents" tree and all its subfolders shared
>> with
>> another (non-admin) user on the PC. I don't want this user to have access
>> to
>> my files in this folder or its subdirectories
>>
>> So, I select properties/sharing and select "stop sharing". After several
>> minutes (!!) it returns "You could not stop sharing the selected folder"
>> and
>> the reason given is "This folder is in a shared folder".
>>
>> I don't understand what this means exactly. The Documents folder is
>> directly
>> under the Users folder and this does not appear to be shared to other
>> users
>> on the PC, although it is available in Network places on other PCs on the
>> home network. Other (non-admin) users on the PC do not have this unwanted
>> share, only the one user in question.
>>
>> I am an "Admin" user. Vista Home Premium. How do I get this shared access
>> to
>> go away?
>>
>> TIA James :-)
>>
>> --
>>
>> James:-)
>>
>>
>>