On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:01:01 -0700, Darryl Gittins
<DarrylGittins@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When I share a folder on the desktop in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista
>shares the ENTIRE C:\Users folder and ALL the subfolders, with FULL CONTROL
>assigned to ALL USERS. If I then delete the folder that I shared, the
>C:\Users folder remains shared. I don't want to share ALL of my personal
>files and ALL of the personal files of ALL the users on the ENTIRE computer.
>I only wanted to share the one folder.
>
>Thanks for any help with this!!

Darryl,

Is Password Protected Sharing enabled or disabled? With PPS disabled, you have
the equivalent of Simple File Sharing under Windows XP, which is going to open
up everything that's shareable, to everybody.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005...-xp.html#Guest

By default, when you share a folder, all sub folders become shared. If you
don't want sub folders to be accessible, you'll have to first set Security so
nothing is accessible. Then, go into Security - Advanced, block Inheritance (un
check "Inherit from parent"), and set the "C:\Users" folder as you like it.

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/