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 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: 'Shared' icon overlay not working (Windows 7)

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:11 pm 

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No, no. XP does have "Simple File Sharing" checkbox in Folder Options but without the wizard. Unlike Vista/7 where Simple File Sharing can be used alongside Advanced Sharing, XP only allows using either Simple Sharing or Advanced Sharing. Oh, I didn't know that Simple & Advanced shari...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: 'Shared' icon overlay not working (Windows 7)

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:31 pm 

Replies: 14
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Because using the Sharing Wizard (simple sharing) to stop sharing an item doesn't always reliably delete the share, and it only strips off permissions, I suggest that you stay away from Simple sharing completely unless you know what you are doing. I thought this was funny because Sharing Wizard see...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: 'Shared' icon overlay not working (Windows 7)

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:05 pm 

Replies: 14
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Yes, Ivo, I use the term "local sharing" to mean "give other users of the same machine access to see the files". I didn't know what else to call it since M$ changed what they call these different methods of sharing. So as I understand it... (Edit: I made some corrections as it wa...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: 'Shared' icon overlay not working (Windows 7)

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:00 pm 

Replies: 14
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This will be my first contribution to the forum. I landed here because I had reformatted two computers, one running Vista x86 with Classic Shell v3.6.8 installed & another running Windows 7 x86 with CS v4.0.6. I configured both computers almost identically, but wondered why my Win 7 wasn't showi...
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