Folder sharing / Properties problems in XP

kie · 02-26-2006, 12:48 AM

I've got two machines (laptop and pc) on my home network, both with XP Pro SP2 on them, fully patched. Network runs fine. When I first installed XP (ages ago) I shared folders on both machines. Over time I now only have 1 folder shared on one machine. Today I need to share some others. When I right click on the folder and select sharing, nothing happens except that the Explorer window loses focus (as if the sharing window has popped up but nothing has appeared).
NOTE: I can share C, D or any other drive but not the folders in the drive (C is unshared when I try to share the folders).
For the machine that has the shared folder, I now cannot unshare it!

Also if I select a folder, right click and then select properties, the same thing happens (except on C, D etc where I get the properties window to appear).

I can copy files from one machine to the other. I have rerun the network wizard on both machines and told it to share. I have created a new admin account, rebooted and tried from there, no luck. I booted up under safe mode and when I selected properties from a folder, the properties window appeared, yeh. But... it will not do so under normal mode (shame I can't share under safe mode, that would do for a work around). I have run scannow, no change. I have checked the sharing service is started (which it must be if I can share C).

I have uninstalled / disabled all of my XP tweaks and other background apps. eg on the laptop the aps running are Nortons firwall, antivirus, XP speedswitch, GetRight and Brother network printer monitor. Happy to post a HJT dump if anyone thinks it will help.

So, I'm desperate. Why can I not share / unshare folders anymore and why can I not see the properties of a folder?

System7 · 03-01-2006, 01:32 PM

Have you tried sharing through the computer management msc?

Go to run and type compmgmt.msc and click ok.
Expand the shared folders
Right click on Shares and click New File Share

A file/folder shareing wizard should popup just file in the fields for what you want to share.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

02-26-2006, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
kie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro SP2	Folder sharing / Properties problems in XP I've got two machines (laptop and pc) on my home network, both with XP Pro SP2 on them, fully patched. Network runs fine. When I first installed XP (ages ago) I shared folders on both machines. Over time I now only have 1 folder shared on one machine. Today I need to share some others. When I right click on the folder and select sharing, nothing happens except that the Explorer window loses focus (as if the sharing window has popped up but nothing has appeared). NOTE: I can share C, D or any other drive but not the folders in the drive (C is unshared when I try to share the folders). For the machine that has the shared folder, I now cannot unshare it! Also if I select a folder, right click and then select properties, the same thing happens (except on C, D etc where I get the properties window to appear). I can copy files from one machine to the other. I have rerun the network wizard on both machines and told it to share. I have created a new admin account, rebooted and tried from there, no luck. I booted up under safe mode and when I selected properties from a folder, the properties window appeared, yeh. But... it will not do so under normal mode (shame I can't share under safe mode, that would do for a work around). I have run scannow, no change. I have checked the sharing service is started (which it must be if I can share C). I have uninstalled / disabled all of my XP tweaks and other background apps. eg on the laptop the aps running are Nortons firwall, antivirus, XP speedswitch, GetRight and Brother network printer monitor. Happy to post a HJT dump if anyone thinks it will help. So, I'm desperate. Why can I not share / unshare folders anymore and why can I not see the properties of a folder?

03-01-2006, 01:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
System7 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 14 OS: XP pro SP2	Have you tried sharing through the computer management msc? Go to run and type compmgmt.msc and click ok. Expand the shared folders Right click on Shares and click New File Share A file/folder shareing wizard should popup just file in the fields for what you want to share. Hope this helps. Cheers