my code trip » Windows XP http://mycodetrip.com stories from the information technology highway Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:58:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 How To Restore The Security Tab in Windows XP Pro Folders http://mycodetrip.com/2008/07/07/restore-security-tab-windows-xp-pro-folders-that-disappeared_24/ http://mycodetrip.com/2008/07/07/restore-security-tab-windows-xp-pro-folders-that-disappeared_24/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:18:27 +0000 Shiva Manjunath http://mycodetrip.com/?p=24 If you right clicked a folder in your Windows XP Professional file explorer to grant rights to specific users, and found the Security tab missing, then you are not alone. I had this problem when I was trying to open a log file in one of my virtual directories for an application I was writing using ASP.NET. I got a security exception because the user that the application was running in the context of did not have write permissions on that folder. So I needed to grant these permissions and could not find the Security tab to do this. Ultimately I figured it out. Here’s how.

Restore the Security Tab for your Folders

  • Right click Start and Click Explore to open a file explorer window.
  • Click Tools > Folder Options. Click the View tab.
  • In the View tab, scroll to the bottom until you see the “Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)” checkbox.

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  • Uncheck the “Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)” checkbox and click Ok.
  • Now, right click any folder and click Sharing and Security…

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  • You should see the Security tab which will allow you to set user specific folder permissions.
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