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file security
Shared folders are for stuff accessible to all users. You can set the system up so that your files in 'My Documents' are invisible to other users. It's all part of Microsoft's clever and thoughtful way of separating applications from data, and keeping different user's prefs and records separate.

Hiding shared folders
Mohamed mohamedfa...@menanet.net microsoft public win2000 setup I have a Small Scenario : 2 users : User1 , User2 connecting to my Win2000 Server And I have on my Win2000 Server 2 Shared Folders : Folder1 , Folder2 . I want when User1 connects to my Server to see only Folder1 and When User2 connects to my Server

File Sharing out of memory?
Search for all files whose Visibility is Invisible. Hilight the AppleShare PDS file, and choose Move to Trash from the File menu.) The file will automatically be re-created next time you start File Sharing. You'll have to re-enter your privileges and shared folders. ------ Onyx, the game of sexual exploration;

hiding shared folders
Okay the second problem is that it xp profession is invisible to my pocket pc. I can not designate shared folders. Is there a tweak for that? Steve "Mauricio Freitas" <dr.emailpos...@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:#Msx4SPGEHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Is this the same machine with different OS or a new

Folder name length
Till tillh+vmw...@opera.com vmware guest windows2000 I know there are plenty of posts on the Shared Folders issue, but the Knowledge base didn't produce a suitable answer. I'm on Debian 3.1, and my guest OS is Win2000. I installed VMware Tools, set up a shared folder, but the .host folder won't show up in My

Hiding Shared Folders
I don't seem to be able to see shared folders on my Win2k machine from my win98 machine(s) - is this a *feature* of Windows2000? - if so, is there any other way around it? Please Help! This mskb article may be helpful: http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q258717 Val.

Help with Wireless Network - I'm lost
Under "My Network Places" it only sees *some* of the shared folders that have been made available; and the laptop's shared Documents folder comes up under the "Unspecified" list in My The Micron Win98 desktop can see and use files and folders on the laptop Win98, but the XP machine is completely invisible.

Invisible resources
Howevever, my recommendation would be to not attempt to share folders from within the restricted locations, namely the Windows, Program Files and Docs + Settings folders. Its only going to cause you more headaches. The best method to ensure immediate access to the shared folders is to place them in the root of one

XP Home Network Limitations?
Anyway it's good that the invisible files / folders problem is solved, hopefully some other people having the same problems, will pick up on this thread. Thanks again, Mark. Mark, Well, it's great that was so easy to solve. But don't keep us in suspense - what was the registry key? This is a volunteer peer help

OT techy help
Storing a pest on a shared folder does not execute it over on that networked host. Of course, I'm using IE7 inside the VM so this pest isn'ta threat, anyway. If Sandboxie didn't devolve into nagware after its 30-day trial, or if VMWare Server was also nagware or not free, I'd probably buy Sandboxie (to get rid of

Shared folders not visible??
All the win XP and 2000 client can see the shared folder, however win 9x client can only see some shared folder and it was not happen randomly. Those invisible folder is accessable thought \\server\sharedname. I've confirm all the setting for the shared folders are same. Can anyone help me to resolve this problem.

\IPC$ prompt
You can make this invisible on the 9.x boxes by having Windows Logon set as the primary logon, and making the Windows password blank. "Eddie" <pepit...@msn.com> wrote I shared folders and did not put password on them, still does not work. Creating a guest account does not work cause I'm not login into a domain.

Invisible Slackware 8.0 Server Part II
Use the "Find File" to search for all invisible items (hold down the otion key when clicking on the pop-up menu that starts with "name", You will need to set the sharing information for any shared folders again after this step. Step 11. Some preferences have really strange names (for example ASLM is a system

Why can'tI see Windows 2000 Professional shared folders in ...
You can then set permissions on the folder to disallow read/write access. If these are going to be used as home directories, or something similar, you could follow the Hi I read his question like this: He has one share with subfolders, and he want subfolders where you don't have access rights to be "invisible".

Hiding Shared Folders
... folder have no effect on the network share. It is obvious that MS didn't think this one through properly way back when - hence the kludge of adding $ to the end to make them invisible. When users browse network neighborhood, there are visible shared folders on the SBS server that I would like to hide. eg.

newby? file sharing with team members
During SBS Setup, a share named Users (Users Shared Folders) is created. When creating Users, you use the Add User wizard. This wizard creates a folder for each What I need is to either make the users home folders invisible to other users, or probably better, allow all read only access, otherwise in the "real

Hiding Shares
Snoopy asp...@solutionsnet.co.uk comp os ms-windows networking I don't seem to be able to see shared folders on my Win2k machine from my win98 machine(s) - is this a *feature* of Windows2000? - if so, is there any other way around it? Please Help!

Freeze on file sharing startup
Just discovered why some Win98 users on my NT LAN couldn't see certain shared folders on other users workstations. The name of the folder was too long. If the folder name is 12 characters or more, they become invisible. I stumbled over this for quite a while, then remembered that DOS has problems with long file

'HOME' network invisible but can connect
... lose your internet connection (if your broadband modem is attached to your router) because the router would essentially be invisible to the network. .... Although, the location of your shared folders may not be the problem. To avoid problems in the future, you might want to consider the above- mentioned

some shared folders / files are not appearing, please help
ed ewal...@intrex.net microsoft public win2000 networking Hi there, question about shared folders in W2K. I have a folder that I've shared for network users. I always thought that Windows was the same....no permissions, and the folder was invisible. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks.