I Can't Turn Sharing Off

Posted: 01-16-2009, 09:06 PM
Greetings,

I have a folder which is being shared:

c:\Documents and Settings\Shane

I want to turn sharing off for this folder, but when I go to the Sharing tab
in properties, the "Share this folder on the network" box is dimmed, so I
can't clear it. Why would this check box be dimmed? How can I make it not
dimmed, so I can clear it?

Thanks,
Shane.
Windows XP Home SP3

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Steve Winograd
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Re: I Can't Turn Sharing Off
Posted: 01-17-2009, 07:40 AM
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:06:25 -0700, "Shane Goodman"
<nospam-goodman@live.ca> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I have a folder which is being shared:
>
>c:\Documents and Settings\Shane
>
>I want to turn sharing off for this folder, but when I go to the Sharing tab
>in properties, the "Share this folder on the network" box is dimmed, so I
>can't clear it. Why would this check box be dimmed? How can I make it not
>dimmed, so I can clear it?
>
>Thanks,
>Shane.
>Windows XP Home SP3
Make sure that you're logged in as Shane and that your account has
computer administrator privileges.

Try unsharing it at a command prompt using this command:

net share shane /delete
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Shane Goodman
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Re: I Can't Turn Sharing Off
Posted: 01-21-2009, 09:02 AM
> Try unsharing it at a command prompt using this command:
>
> net share shane /delete
This seemed to work. My "Shane" folder is no longer shared, although the
options in the Sharing tab are dimmed, which is weird.

Thanks,
Shane.
Windows XP Home SP3

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