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Access Denied error when trying to share a folder in windows explorer
An error has occured while trying to share New Folder. Access is denied.
The shared resource was not created at this time.
This is the error one of my staff is receiving when trying to share any folder on their C drive. Now I will run through what I have done as I am now at a lost cause.
The machine is attached to our Win2k3 domain, the machine is Windows XP Pro SP2.
The user has full admin rights to the machine, he also has ownership on the folders we are trying to share.
We can create a share through computer management with no problems, we can also unshare existing shares through windows explorer. We can also set security on all folders through windows explorer, we just cannot share folders in windows explorer.
Simple file sharing is unchecked, have checked workstation and server services, restarted problem still exists.
Checked network connecting for MS file and print sharing, all ok.
Have taken ownership again to rule that out, still no luck.
Logged in as local admin, receive same error message.
Have run chkdsk, no joy.
Lend an admin hand? Any ideas would be much appreciated!
The shared resource was not created at this time.
This is the error one of my staff is receiving when trying to share any folder on their C drive. Now I will run through what I have done as I am now at a lost cause.
The machine is attached to our Win2k3 domain, the machine is Windows XP Pro SP2.
The user has full admin rights to the machine, he also has ownership on the folders we are trying to share.
We can create a share through computer management with no problems, we can also unshare existing shares through windows explorer. We can also set security on all folders through windows explorer, we just cannot share folders in windows explorer.
Simple file sharing is unchecked, have checked workstation and server services, restarted problem still exists.
Checked network connecting for MS file and print sharing, all ok.
Have taken ownership again to rule that out, still no luck.
Logged in as local admin, receive same error message.
Have run chkdsk, no joy.
Lend an admin hand? Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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disjoin the machine from domain and join it again and check this in different user profiles ,
have just done this.. no joy! connected to the domain or not, still get same error!
Hi there,
It's interesting that someone else is experiencing this as well. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for you, but thought I would check if you are having the problem on just this machine, or on others?
In my particular situation, the problem exists on every machine in my domain, independant of OS - Symptoms are identical in XP workstations, and 2003 servers, and on Vista the sharing appears to work, but the share never gets created.
It's a very interesting issue.
I'd recommend checking if it's a domain wide problem, as maybe this will help with your troubleshooting steps.
Personally I gave up, and just used Computer Management to create shares, which still works.
I also thought that it's possible this might have something to do with security settings, possibly applied via group policy - Not sure if you've investigated this yet.
It's interesting that someone else is experiencing this as well. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for you, but thought I would check if you are having the problem on just this machine, or on others?
In my particular situation, the problem exists on every machine in my domain, independant of OS - Symptoms are identical in XP workstations, and 2003 servers, and on Vista the sharing appears to work, but the share never gets created.
It's a very interesting issue.
I'd recommend checking if it's a domain wide problem, as maybe this will help with your troubleshooting steps.
Personally I gave up, and just used Computer Management to create shares, which still works.
I also thought that it's possible this might have something to do with security settings, possibly applied via group policy - Not sure if you've investigated this yet.
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Hi martjm, i'm glad i'm not alone!!!
I have look at group policies and the funny thing is the guy having issues is using the same policy as me! I also created a new blank policy from him with no change. Also changed some interesting settings that could cause this problem, but they did nothing also.
This is the only machine at present with the fault but to be honest none of our end users here really create shares but us. We have also giving up and just use computer management to create the shares! I'm realy hoping this isn't a domain issue.. the only thing I did recently was update the schema to R2 schema, but as far as I'm aware, the only changes it makes are for DFS and Print Management....
Good luck!
I have look at group policies and the funny thing is the guy having issues is using the same policy as me! I also created a new blank policy from him with no change. Also changed some interesting settings that could cause this problem, but they did nothing also.
This is the only machine at present with the fault but to be honest none of our end users here really create shares but us. We have also giving up and just use computer management to create the shares! I'm realy hoping this isn't a domain issue.. the only thing I did recently was update the schema to R2 schema, but as far as I'm aware, the only changes it makes are for DFS and Print Management....
Good luck!
Yep, you're right about the schema upgrade.
You're slightly luckier than msyelf, in that not all of your machines experience the problem. Would nearly have put money on it that it was domain wide, considering that's what I am seeing in my own environment.
I have to say that this is one of the weirdest problems I've seen, and as you no doubt would be aware, is not widely reported at all.
Maybe it's a fresh issue caused by a Windows update that's been released to multiple platforms. There were a few security releases just recently, and as I use WSUS, they'd all be at the same patch levels.
Based on the lack of reports, I'm hoping this is a fresh issue that Microsoft will get wind of shortly and will release an update.
I guess until then, we just wait!
Good luck!
You're slightly luckier than msyelf, in that not all of your machines experience the problem. Would nearly have put money on it that it was domain wide, considering that's what I am seeing in my own environment.
I have to say that this is one of the weirdest problems I've seen, and as you no doubt would be aware, is not widely reported at all.
Maybe it's a fresh issue caused by a Windows update that's been released to multiple platforms. There were a few security releases just recently, and as I use WSUS, they'd all be at the same patch levels.
Based on the lack of reports, I'm hoping this is a fresh issue that Microsoft will get wind of shortly and will release an update.
I guess until then, we just wait!
Good luck!
I was starting to come around to thinking it was an update.. I aksed my guy to uninstall any recently installed updates but this did not change anything, but I still think this is the cause.... we also have WSUS here!
You are right it is a proper weird problem, and not many people experiencing it at all!
I'm going to see what else I can try to resolve this, will feedback soon!
You are right it is a proper weird problem, and not many people experiencing it at all!
I'm going to see what else I can try to resolve this, will feedback soon!
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Spot on... I haven't even rolled out McAfee HIP yet, but did to a few users! I thought I had removed all the installs but there was one left on this users machine! Turned off IPS and all ok now. Am creating shares again. Thanks a lot
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Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.