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[Zack123]

Would appreciate some help with a networking question.

I recently created a home network in order to share files and my printer between two computers.

On my primary computer, when I click on 'My Network Places', I'm seeing 3 shared folders but on the secondary computer I only allowed sharing on one folder. I checked the other two folders and noticed that they were set as Shared folders so changed it Not Shared. However, I'm still seeing these 2 folders when I click on My Network Places on my primary computer. I rebooted both computers and still see the same. When I click on either of these 2 folders from my primary computer it says 'not accessible' - if I've changed the folders to Not Shared shouldn't it stop appearing under My Network Places on my primary computer? Is there other settings I need to change on the secondary computer with these folders?

Thanks for your help.

[MysteryFCM]

Certain folders are shared by Windows by default, so will always show up (such as the Shared Docs folder). Aslong as they aren't actually accessible, their being there is of no consequence.

[Zack123]

Thanks for responding.

However, one of the folders being shared from the Secondary computer is the My Music folder, which makes me think it's not by default. Any thoughts?

[MysteryFCM]

Bit strange for that one to be there without the rest of them aswell.

Have you checked it's permissions etc, aren't allowing the network account?

As an aside, you should also be able to remove it's listing in the "My Network Places" by simply right clicking and deleting it.

[Zack123]

By checking permissions do you mean right clicking on the folder in the Secondary computer and clicking on the 'Sharing & Security' to see if the actual folder is set to Not Shared .... if so, then yes.

Or is there another way to check permissions? I realize I can right click and delete the listing on the Primary computer, but I'm very interested to know why it's appearing if I have file sharing set to No.

[MysteryFCM]

Not quite no. By checking, I meant looking at the Security tab (right click the folder > Properties) on the computer the folder resides on.

[Zack123]

Ok, I'm following you now.

What exactly would I be checking on this tab, there's a lot of info here.

Thanks

[MysteryFCM]

You need to ensure only your account, the administrators group account, and the system account, have access to the folder (the Everyone and Network accounts should NOT be listed)