Windows 7 - Setting Folders as Private

[Simon.The.Sloth]

Hi all,

I recently brought a new computer with Windows 7. I previously had Windows XP and have ran into a problem.
I have set it up with three users, all of which I have given admin rights to like it was in XP on my old system. However, I cannot seem to make our User Folders private from each other. I think you have to deny the users privileges but unsure how to do this.

To make things even more complicated I have moved most the User Files such as My Document and My Music est. from C:\Users\USER NAME\My Documents to the D:\ partition (D:\Users\USER NAME\My Documents)
Any advice on how to make these folders private from each other will be greatly appreciated!

[Viper81]

Hi,

The issue is that Administrators will have access to most folders by default and each of your users is an Admin.
You'll need to ensure that the correct user has full access to their "My Documents" folder and then remove the permissions for the "Computer_Name\Administrators" Group (the best thing to do really is not to make everyone an administrator but that's a whole other discussion ).
So, for example, right-click on User A's home folder and select properties then the security tab. Make sure User A has full control of the folder and then click on Edit to remove permissions for the Administrators group.

[lodore]

the problem you will find is that if change the permissons on the folders and other admins try to access the folder they will get a uac prompt and be allowed access. so have one admin account which you never login to unless you really have to due to a program that is written wrongly and then use standard user accounts for everyone.

[Viper81]

Hmm, that's interesting, didn't realise UAC went to that depth. Guess it's back to 'no admin rights for users' like lodore said.

[Simon.The.Sloth]

thanks guys, I'm going to look into setting everyone up as non-admin and see what restrictions there is.