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    Users - stopping other user from having access to my files- can do?


    Made another User account, but they have access to all my filesMade them a Guest, they can't get my Word files but they can access all the files in my D folder.Is there wany way to stop them?I've tried going to D folder preferences and security, but can't find the other user account to block access to it.Thanks

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    t87699, Nov 16, 2021
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  2. File history on USB security user access

    Hi,

    To isolate this concern, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

    • Open File History folder.
    • Select all the files that you don't want to be accessed.
    • Right-click on the highlighted files and choose Properties.
    • Go to Security tab.
    • Click on Advanced.
    • Select all the user account that you don't want to have access on your File History folder.
    • Click on Disable inheritance.
    • Lastly, click on OK.

    Let us know how it goes.
     
    Desiree Yau, Nov 16, 2021
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  3. LW02 Win User
    user files are accessible to all users

    I am setting up a new computer. I am set up as administrator (local account) and I have added my kids as Other users (local account-not administrator). (I do not want to set them up as a Microsoft accounts).

    The new computer has one (small) hard drive for storing the operating system and a large hard drive for storing data. All user accounts were set up on the small drive. I changed all the user accounts to the other drive by following steps on Microsoft to
    move the folders under folder properties, doing it folder by folder-documents, then music, then pictures, etc. for each user. All the files in the various user accounts are synced (with a local copy) with Dropbox.

    That seemed to work except that all of user files are accessible to all users. If you look on the folder properties for the folder, they all say they aren't shared but they are.

    I am trying to fix this by going in to folder properties and changing the security settings. Under the security settings, the following groups have access to my administrator folder: Authenticated Users, SYSTEM, [my user account], Administrators, Users.
    Under Advanced, I disabled inheritance for the user account folder. Then I delete the access for user. That blocked access for other users to my some of my user folders but not others. (I primarily care about access to my files.)

    Any suggestions for fixing this?
     
  4. Kreij Win User

    Users - stopping other user from having access to my files- can do?

    Current active users that are friends

    The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.
     
    Kreij, Nov 16, 2021
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