Windows 10: User folders State is Shared.

No. Regardless of how the folders got shared in the first place, they are shared. You can turn off sharing by logging in to the admin account, right clicking on the folders and turn off sharing via properties.

 

I think I'm going to say these folders became shared between the admin and standard user accounts because I granted access to them from the admin account... I will head over to the admin account to see if the the sharing tab is in the right click properties of those folders. There is no sharing tab in the properties of those folders when right clicked from the standard user account.

 

You will be looking for this:





Click on the Advanced Sharing button in the properties windows, then uncheck the box for Share This Folder under advanced sharing properties.

 

Nope no sharing tabs here:










Edit: In this case the whole Users folder is shared.

 

My guess is that you probably have Public Folder Sharing turned on.

 

Nope, turned off.

Are you sure this sharing state cannot be shown simply because of sharing between multiple users of a machine rather than over a network?

 

Hey Kol12,
See if you can get the Sharing Tab back, which should help you address the issue your having.

1. Make sure the following 2 Services are running and set to Automatic
a. Security Accounts Manager
b. Server

2. Use regedit and navigate to following key and check it.
a. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing
b. REG_SZ and Data {f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}

3. If the Sharing folder does not exist, create it.
a. Right Click on the PropertySheetHandlers folder, select New > Key, and name it Sharing
b. If the Data is blank, double click on it and paste in {f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}

4. Close regedit, and open the properties of a folder. The sharing tab should be there, if not then reboot and check again.

 

Hi Eagle51,

I disabled the Server service some time ago for 1 I don't use file print sharing over a network and 2 as form of an additional security layer.

I'm still under the belief that the State: Shared icons on those folders are due to sharing between multiple or 1-2 user accounts of the same machine, can this not be? I can't see how this can be linked to other networked computers because I have most network sharing features disabled...

 

@Kol12,

Open File Explorer. In the left pane scroll down to Network and click on that. What results do you get? That is where you will find folders that are shared over the network.

Also another check is to open a run dialog box (Win + R} and run:
\\<computer-name>

Put your computer name in place of <computer-name>. That will show you the shared folders even if it doesn't show up under Network in FIle Explorer.

 

If you don't want those folders shared between your Admin & User Accounts or with anyone else, you need to re-enable the Sharing Tab and stop sharing them.

 

@NavyLCDR

When I click on Network in File Explorer I get error message "Network discovery is turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible. Please turn on network discovery in Network and Sharing Center."

 

Hi Eagle51,

I did not say that I don't want those folders shared between the admin and user accounts, quite the opposite. I access those user accounts folders from the admin account frequently. All I wondered was if this would cause the State: Shared icon to appear on those folders...