Vista - Public File

**Bare Foot Kid** · 04-12-2008

Hello all.

I just reinstalled my OS. To get a clean start.
And there are some 'things' I would like to do away with.
Starting with this file. But I am uncertain if deleting it
will cause me problems and I should leave it alone.

Attachment 3443

Can someone please enlighten me as to what the best
course of action would be?

Thank you very much.

Later

Ted

**Brink** · 04-12-2008

Hi Ted,

I know how you feel about these.

You should not delete any of the Public folders. These are used to share files between the user accounts without getting UAC and are tightly mangled into Vista. Doing so may cause unforeseen problems.

You can safely delete only the contents of the Public folders in the right pane, and the shortcuts to these folders in your user folders.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**Bare Foot Kid** · 04-12-2008

Hello Brink.

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hi Ted,

I know how you feel about these.

You should not delete any of the Public folders. These are used to share files between the user accounts without getting UAC and are tightly mangled into Vista. Doing so may cause unforseen problems.

You can safely delete only the contents of the Public folders in the right pane, and the shortcuts to these folders in your user folders.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I kinda figured you would say that.

Thank you very much Shawn!

Later

Ted

**KingOfChaos** · 04-12-2008

I use them, but that's because I have three computers on my network along with a network drive and a soon to be media server. The public folders are thus very useful for me. :P

**Bare Foot Kid** · 04-12-2008

Hey KingOfChaos.

Yeah maybe someday they will work for me too.
But it's not going to be very long before I install
x64 Ultimate and I am looking forward to that !!!

Later

Ted

**Brink** · 04-12-2008

Your welcome Ted. Have fun with the new setup.

cjsoma · 07-27-2008

I hope this question isnt to dumb, but can public folders be viewed by others if you have something like shared music folders like limewire, that you could share with other people? I have sharing folders and public folders. But my personal pictures and docs somehow wound up in public files and i don't want anyone else to be able to view. Just the shared music folders. I'm the only user on my computer. Please help if you can. Thanks.
Cjsoma

**Bare Foot Kid** · 07-27-2008

Hello cjsoma, welcome to Visat forums!

You could use something like this ...

Context Menu - Add COPY TO FOLDER and MOVE TO FOLDER

to move the other stuff where others can't see it.

Keep us informed.

Later

Ted

cjsoma · 07-27-2008

Hey Barefoot Kid,
First thank you so much for such a quick response it is reallllly appreciated.
Second, and here is where I'm embarresed but everything you wrote was greek to me. I have literally spent all day today trying to teach myself about different things with Visa. I can download music, rip cd's ,transfer photos and edit them, I joined limewire and even figured that out. and oddly that is where the problem came in.
Because it is a share based music site I wanted to be fair and let other users share my music files. Now I have public files, shared files, all kinds of files.
Can people see into the public files, or does public mean for other users of my specific computer? If so there are no other users. I'm worried about people who are trying to share music being able to see my 25th Anniversary pictures or whatever else wound up in there. My grandson scanned some financial documents for me and put them under picture files , so they are in public also. If you have an answer that you can breakdown to a childs level that would be great. If not I totally understand. And I swear I'm very smart about other things, but I don't even know the language most of the time.
Bet your sorry you answered this one huh? Have a great evening. cjsoma

**Bare Foot Kid** · 07-27-2008

Hello again.

No I'm not sorry I answerd it, but I know nothing about LimeWire except enough to stay away from it ...

especially if you don't know how it works!
Try the link I gave you above.

Sorry I can't help you further.

Later

Ted

04-12-2008	#1 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Public File Hello all. I just reinstalled my OS. To get a clean start. And there are some 'things' I would like to do away with. Starting with this file. But I am uncertain if deleting it will cause me problems and I should leave it alone. Attachment 3443 Can someone please enlighten me as to what the best course of action would be? Thank you very much. Later Ted Last edited by Bare Foot Kid; 04-16-2008 at 10:50 PM..
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04-12-2008	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,030 posts	Re: Public File Hi Ted, I know how you feel about these. You should not delete any of the Public folders. These are used to share files between the user accounts without getting UAC and are tightly mangled into Vista. Doing so may cause unforeseen problems. You can safely delete only the contents of the Public folders in the right pane, and the shortcuts to these folders in your user folders. Hope this helps, Shawn
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04-12-2008	#3 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: Public File Hello Brink. Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Hi Ted, I know how you feel about these. You should not delete any of the Public folders. These are used to share files between the user accounts without getting UAC and are tightly mangled into Vista. Doing so may cause unforseen problems. You can safely delete only the contents of the Public folders in the right pane, and the shortcuts to these folders in your user folders. Hope this helps, Shawn I kinda figured you would say that. Thank you very much Shawn! Later Ted
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04-12-2008	#4 (permalink)
KingOfChaos Vista Home Premium x64, x32 281 posts	Re: Public File I use them, but that's because I have three computers on my network along with a network drive and a soon to be media server. The public folders are thus very useful for me. :P Last edited by KingOfChaos; 04-12-2008 at 08:40 PM..
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04-12-2008	#5 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: Public File Hey KingOfChaos. Yeah maybe someday they will work for me too. But it's not going to be very long before I install x64 Ultimate and I am looking forward to that !!! Later Ted
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04-12-2008	#6 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,030 posts	Re: Public File Your welcome Ted. Have fun with the new setup.
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07-27-2008	#7 (permalink)
cjsoma Vista Home Premium 32bit. 3 posts	Re: Public File I hope this question isnt to dumb, but can public folders be viewed by others if you have something like shared music folders like limewire, that you could share with other people? I have sharing folders and public folders. But my personal pictures and docs somehow wound up in public files and i don't want anyone else to be able to view. Just the shared music folders. I'm the only user on my computer. Please help if you can. Thanks. Cjsoma Last edited by cjsoma; 07-27-2008 at 07:11 PM.. Reason: misspelling and needed more info
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07-27-2008	#8 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: Public File Hello cjsoma, welcome to Visat forums! You could use something like this ... Context Menu - Add COPY TO FOLDER and MOVE TO FOLDER to move the other stuff where others can't see it. Keep us informed. Later Ted
My System Specs

07-27-2008	#9 (permalink)
cjsoma Vista Home Premium 32bit. 3 posts	Re: Public File Hey Barefoot Kid, First thank you so much for such a quick response it is reallllly appreciated. Second, and here is where I'm embarresed but everything you wrote was greek to me. I have literally spent all day today trying to teach myself about different things with Visa. I can download music, rip cd's ,transfer photos and edit them, I joined limewire and even figured that out. and oddly that is where the problem came in. Because it is a share based music site I wanted to be fair and let other users share my music files. Now I have public files, shared files, all kinds of files. Can people see into the public files, or does public mean for other users of my specific computer? If so there are no other users. I'm worried about people who are trying to share music being able to see my 25th Anniversary pictures or whatever else wound up in there. My grandson scanned some financial documents for me and put them under picture files , so they are in public also. If you have an answer that you can breakdown to a childs level that would be great. If not I totally understand. And I swear I'm very smart about other things, but I don't even know the language most of the time. Bet your sorry you answered this one huh? Have a great evening. cjsoma Last edited by cjsoma; 07-27-2008 at 07:52 PM.. Reason: spelling
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07-27-2008	#10 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: Public File Hello again. No I'm not sorry I answerd it, but I know nothing about LimeWire except enough to stay away from it ... especially if you don't know how it works! Try the link I gave you above. Sorry I can't help you further. Later Ted
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