Re: Cannot make folders private....



Try going to start, control panel, folder options, go all the way to the
bottom, and you will see 'use simple file sharing', make sure it is
'unchecked' and then go back and check your drive. You will now see the
'sharing' tab is available..

regards, Jerry..

"Pat & Dawn" <patanddawnblais@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OGMeS4y9FHA.2036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:I recently installed a second hard drive on my computer. When I tried
to
: make a folder on the drive private, the check box wasn't available.
The
: drive works fine otherwise, and is formatted to NTFS. Any help would
be
: greatly appreciated.
:
: Pat
:
:


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