public folder not available for all users (Vista Home Premium)

Hi,

If I have two user accounts in Vista Home Premium PC, both having admin
rights and I place common files to public folder, should they be
readable and writable by both accounts automatically?

What could be the reason, when for example some photos are writable,
some only readable, some not visible at all in other account.

Any solutions?

Elvis Napoleon The Great wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If I have two user accounts in Vista Home Premium PC, both having admin
> rights and I place common files to public folder, should they be
> readable and writable by both accounts automatically?
>
> What could be the reason, when for example some photos are writable,
> some only readable, some not visible at all in other account.

This could happen if the permissions on the files while they are still in
your User account only allow you access. Right-click them, left-click
Properties, click on the Security tab and look at the owner and make them
Everyone. Then put them into the Public folder.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Malke kirjoitti:
> Elvis Napoleon The Great wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I have two user accounts in Vista Home Premium PC, both having admin
>> rights and I place common files to public folder, should they be
>> readable and writable by both accounts automatically?
>>
>> What could be the reason, when for example some photos are writable,
>> some only readable, some not visible at all in other account.
>
> This could happen if the permissions on the files while they are still in
> your User account only allow you access. Right-click them, left-click
> Properties, click on the Security tab and look at the owner and make them
> Everyone. Then put them into the Public folder.
>
> Malke

They were copied from ext usb device to Public folder.
There's no owner "Everybody" in Security tab.

There's no possibility to add users to groups in Home Premium.

Elvis Napoleon The Great wrote:

> They were copied from ext usb device to Public folder.
> There's no owner "Everybody" in Security tab.
>
> There's no possibility to add users to groups in Home Premium.

Possibly some of them were read-only or had incorrect ownership. Copy them
to your own User directory and take ownership. You can do this in all
versions of Vista.

Check the permissions of the file (or folder the file is saved in) and take
ownership:

1. Right-click the file or folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Under Group or user names, click your name to see the permissions you
have.

To open a file, you need to have read permission. For more information on
permissions, see What are permissions?

http://tinyurl.com/2j9vgr

Once you have the ownership straightened out, copy to the Public folder. If
all is well, you can delete the duplicates in your User directory.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ