Public folder not public!

All that I can gather from Windows help files is that everything I pu
in the Public folder is readily accessible by all users of my PC (ther
is no network here so I'm only concerned with local users). However, w
have two users and only one of them, me, can access the contents of th
Public folder.

We started with just one user, with Admin rights, and all our photo
were contained within the folders of that user. Sometime later
created a second user for my daughter, who is just a standard user. T
ensure she could continue to see our photos, I moved them to th
Pictures folder within the Public folder. Now, when she's logged on (n
log in password incidentally) she can use Explorer to open the Publi
folder, and all the subsequent sub-folders, but when she gets to th
files she only sees blank thumbnail icons and if she double-clicks
file it says she doesn't have permission to view them!

If she tries to open my user folder she immediately gets a messagebo
saying she doesn't have permission to open the folder and must get
password to do so.

So, in the one sense the Public folder is public because she can ope
it, but in another sense it isn't because she can't access any of th
files in it.

If I look at the properties of any of the Public folders or files, he
user name does not appear in the list of users or groups. For tha
matter, on some occasions nor does mine! Instead there is a list of od
words such as BATCH, INTERACTIVE, and other things irrelevant to peopl
such as myself.

I can't find any help anywhere that would explain why a folder that i
supposed to be Public clearly isn't and what to do about it.

Hope you can help


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si_aldworth

Hi,

It sounds more like you created a folder full of shortcuts to the actual
files. When she double clicks them, the shortcut leads back to your
userprofile which she doesn't have access to, hence the error message.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"si_aldworth" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> All that I can gather from Windows help files is that everything I put
> in the Public folder is readily accessible by all users of my PC (there
> is no network here so I'm only concerned with local users). However, we
> have two users and only one of them, me, can access the contents of the
> Public folder.
>
> We started with just one user, with Admin rights, and all our photos
> were contained within the folders of that user. Sometime later I
> created a second user for my daughter, who is just a standard user. To
> ensure she could continue to see our photos, I moved them to the
> Pictures folder within the Public folder. Now, when she's logged on (no
> log in password incidentally) she can use Explorer to open the Public
> folder, and all the subsequent sub-folders, but when she gets to the
> files she only sees blank thumbnail icons and if she double-clicks a
> file it says she doesn't have permission to view them!
>
> If she tries to open my user folder she immediately gets a messagebox
> saying she doesn't have permission to open the folder and must get a
> password to do so.
>
> So, in the one sense the Public folder is public because she can open
> it, but in another sense it isn't because she can't access any of the
> files in it.
>
> If I look at the properties of any of the Public folders or files, her
> user name does not appear in the list of users or groups. For that
> matter, on some occasions nor does mine! Instead there is a list of odd
> words such as BATCH, INTERACTIVE, and other things irrelevant to people
> such as myself.
>
> I can't find any help anywhere that would explain why a folder that is
> supposed to be Public clearly isn't and what to do about it.
>
> Hope you can help.
>
>
>
>
> --
> si_aldworth

Rick, I can assure they are not shortcuts. I regularly transfer ne
photos from my camera directly to the Public folder.

A curious other aspect of this problem is that the Google sideba
gadget that she uses to display photos has full access to the Publi
folder and successfully displays them. If you use the gadget to ope
the photo in the standard Windows photo viewer then it does s
successfully. If I check the properties of the file whilst in th
Viewer then it is indeed located in the problem Public folder. If
look at the Security tab she is not listed as a User (although
mysterious unknown user is listed whose name is a many digi
alphanumeric name) but if I go to Edit, put in my Admins password an
search for User names then her's will appear. I am not au fait enoug
with this aspect of OS software to have the confidence to do anythin
about it myself. Hence I ask here first.

Si.


Rick Rogers;749108 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It sounds more like you created a folder full of shortcuts to th
> actual
> files. When she double clicks them, the shortcut leads back to your
> userprofile which she doesn't have access to, hence the error message.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> 'Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
> (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/)
> Windows help - 'Nutcase's Home' (http://www.rickrogers.org)
> My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/


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si_aldworth

Hi,

On the security tab of the folder properties, check the "everyone"
permissions. They should be able to read & execute, List, and read.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"si_aldworth" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Rick, I can assure they are not shortcuts. I regularly transfer new
> photos from my camera directly to the Public folder.
>
> A curious other aspect of this problem is that the Google sidebar
> gadget that she uses to display photos has full access to the Public
> folder and successfully displays them. If you use the gadget to open
> the photo in the standard Windows photo viewer then it does so
> successfully. If I check the properties of the file whilst in the
> Viewer then it is indeed located in the problem Public folder. If I
> look at the Security tab she is not listed as a User (although a
> mysterious unknown user is listed whose name is a many digit
> alphanumeric name) but if I go to Edit, put in my Admins password and
> search for User names then her's will appear. I am not au fait enough
> with this aspect of OS software to have the confidence to do anything
> about it myself. Hence I ask here first.
>
> Si.
>
>
> Rick Rogers;749108 Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It sounds more like you created a folder full of shortcuts to the
>> actual
>> files. When she double clicks them, the shortcut leads back to your
>> userprofile which she doesn't have access to, hence the error message.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> 'Microsoft Most Valuable Professional'
>> (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/)
>> Windows help - 'Nutcase's Home' (http://www.rickrogers.org)
>> My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/u
>
>
>
>
> --
> si_aldworth