Windows 10: How to set up shared drive for multiple users

Hi all,

Recently got myself a new computer (laptop), and just wondering what's the best way to set this up?
I have a (256Gb) SSD which is for Windows/programs, and 1TB HDD for docs, pics, music and game installs.

My computer is shared between my wife and I, and we both have a user account. SSD is C drive and HDD is D. I've redirected libraries/folders for both user accounts so that they are pointing to D:\User Data\Music etc, but how do I set this up so that everything on D is accessible to both of us (without requiring admin permissions)?
Everything is already in place, but any time either of us tries to move, create or edit a file, it requires admin rights. I've messed around with sharing and permissions, but don't seem to have it sorted... D: properties say the drive is "shared" and everyone has "Full Control" in security (not ideal I know, but just trying to get this working), but doesn't seem to help.

Any suggestions?

PS. No other PCs on our network at present, so no Homegroup, although I turned this on while transferring from the old laptop.

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set for multiple users

how do I set up my hp for a guest user that cannot access my desktop? I need to keep my things private but allow access to computer to others in the house. I want the other desktop to be set up for Guest

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set for multiple users

Hi,

You can create another user account. As you are the admin user you can limit how the newly created user account can access files. To assist you better, we'd like to know if you're trying to create a local user.

In the meantime, if yes, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article about creating a local user.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Sharing a drive means it can be seen and accessed from the network, but you and your wife are trying to access it locally, not across the network.

For local access you need to set local security permissions. Look at the properties for your 'D:\User Data' folder. On the Security tab edit the permissions to add yourself and your wife's account, granting both full control. Or you could just add (if it's not already there) the Users group and grant that full control, that would allow access to anyone who can log on.

 

Ah, thank you for the explanation! I'll have a go at that and let you know how I get on.

 

Its best to save and share things outside users folder by default even admin cant access the folder so messing with it is bad. Create a folder and use that outside users. The safest and simplest is to use free google drive store files on that install the app on both pc and it will sync files on its own. It means its safe in the cloud and synced on both pcs. So no need to share

 

Ok I tried this. I've unshared the drive, and all the groups under security have "Full Control" (these groups include "Autheticated Users", "SYSTEM", "Administrators", and "Users"). Even added my username specifically, but still no good... Still get a UAC popup when deleting a photo?? Any thoughts?

 

Therog1, so you have computer A that is sharing D:\ and you want access to this remotely from computer B, but are struggling with the permissions. On computer A you need to ensure the permissions for the share D:\ as well as the NTFS permissions for D:\ are configured correctly.

If you are after more hints, make sure the share permissions are set to “Everyone, Full” and post the NTFS permissions for D:\ for us to analyse. Please also provide an example of what you are trying to do and where the problem occurs.

 

No, the problem is there's just computer A, but users A and B on the same computer want full access to a common folder so they can 'share' documents.

 

No, the problem is there's just computer A, but users A and B on the same computer want full access to a common folder so they can 'share' documents. I wonder what the networking talk is about then.

I’m sure Therog1 will return to have the issue clarified.

 

As post 4 need to save outside users folder were you can give permission

 

Yes, Bree is correct. No networking. One computer, two users, I want them both to have common (and fully accessible) documents, pictures, music folders.
I'll also clarify at this point: both users can access the folders in question, and perform actions, but one of us always gets a "Admin approval required" box. It is this annoyance that I want to be rid of.

 

Thanks. I was hoping to avoid this, as I foresee my problem would then become "How do I stop things being saved in C:\Users\<Username>\Documents, and instead automatically direct things to D:\User Data\Documents?".

At present my wife clicks on the "Documents" link on the left in Explorer which takes her to D:\User Data\Documents. I know I could just put a link to D:\User Data\Documents in the Quick Access section (and remove the C:\ link), but ideally I don't want saving documents to C:\Users\<Username>\Documents as an option, hence why I redirected that folder to D. Some software automatically create/save to the %USERPROFILE%/Documents folder, and I would like this to happen on D.

Does that make sense? Any suggestions on how I can make this happen?

Edit: Also, on my previous computer that had only one drive, all the folders were under my UN, and my wife had full access to those, and never had any UAC permissions windows popping up... Why is it different with a different drive?

 

Things should be easy as there’s no network. You just need to configure the NTFS permissions to how you want them.

Ok I tried this. I've unshared the drive, and all the groups under security have "Full Control" (these groups include "Autheticated Users", "SYSTEM", "Administrators", and "Users"). Even added my username specifically, but still no good... Still get a UAC popup when deleting a photo?? Any thoughts? Bree’s suggestion was the correct action to take. There must be a parent folder of that photo file that isn’t inheriting the drive’s permissions.

Could you show us the permissions for this photo file?