Re: File and Folder access rights - XP Home Edition

You can modify the permissions for the folder and you do not need to create
a share which is for sharing with other computers on the network if any.
Most likely they will need read/list/execute/write/modify permissions for
the folder or subfolder if the application creates it's own subfolder.
Modify allows users to also delete files. The link below explains how to
configure folder NTFS permissions and for XP Home you need to boot into Safe
Mode and logon as an administrator to see the security tab on folders. ---
Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

"Richard Brookside" <RichardBrookside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:B8FB07DF-99F9-4AF1-A949-503BF747A2D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have XP Home edition (SP2 and all fixes...). I have 2 user accounts
> configured; 'Owner' and 'Kids'. Obviously the 'Owner' has full rights and
> the 'Kids' have limited rights. The problem is with a game we installed -
> as
> 'Owner' for the 'Kids' - that puts a USER file in the 'Shared Documents'
> folder. The 'Kids' account can not write to this file, only read. The
> software does not like this and gives an error message saying exactly
> that.
> I am trying to see if there is a way the software can look elswhere for
> this
> USER file. If the software can not do this, I want to know if I can
> assign
> specific read-write access to a file/folder for this limited 'Kids'
> account
> WITHOUT creating a Share. Basically, can you say this user can see these
> files/folders or are you stuck to the rights XP Home Edition gives the
> 'limited' user account?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Richard


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