Give a drive full read/write access to all users 1

[AP81]

Hi guys,

I have made a new system and have partitioned the drive with a dedicated partition for games (i.e All games are installed to Y: drive).

4 people use this computer (including myself), 3 of which play games. I have an Admin account, all the other users have limited accounts.

Two other computers are also connected to the network.

My problem is this: a couple of games require write access to the drive they were installed on (y. As I am an Admin, I have no problem. For the limited accounts, these games are not able to run.
My solution to this was to share the drive with full access. This works, but now I have an open share sitting on the network. The other two computers can modify this drive as they wish.

Is there a way around this so I can have a share that is not accessible to the network?

In Linux I can change ownership/permissions of a file/drive, but it remains separate to the network. I want to achieve the same thing in Windows.

Thanks,
Adam

 

[wolluf]

You need to change the permission in the security tab for the drive - this is permission to local resources. You do not need to share drive to do this (local and shared permissions are separate features). If running XP Pro, you'll need to disable simplified sharing to make the security tab visible in the properties of the drive. If running XP Home you'll need to restart in Safe Mode to see the security tab & do the changes there.

 

[AP81]

Excellent. Thank you.

The 'use simple file sharing' option caught me out.