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| | shared files on XP I have set up a Network based on a Desktop Vista based, which includes a wireless to a laptop Vista based and a hard wired XP desktop. This was done to acquire old data files of the XP desktop and transfer to the Vista desktop. That has all been accomplished. Those files have since been removed from the XP but the shared folders still show up on the Vista Desktop and Laptop network. Is there a way to remove these folders from the Network since they no longer exist on the original XP desktop? -- Christopher Fazio VMD |
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| | Re: shared files on XP On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:01:18 -0500, Chris Fazio wrote: Quote: >I have set up a Network based on a Desktop Vista based, which includes a >wireless to a laptop Vista based and a hard wired XP desktop. This was done >to acquire old data files of the XP desktop and transfer to the Vista >desktop. That has all been accomplished. Those files have since been >removed from the XP but the shared folders still show up on the Vista >Desktop and Laptop network. Is there a way to remove these folders from the >Network since they no longer exist on the original XP desktop? time can be long. I think you can just delete them. Any problems with that? Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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| | Re: shared files on XP Hans-Georg, Thank you for the reply. I am unable to delete any of the folders listed under the XP desktop on the network. The option is not there when I right click. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. -- Christopher Fazio VMD "Hans-Georg Michna" <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uuhns39bt65b3d92uvn493iin032qkp6ft@xxxxxx Quote: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:01:18 -0500, Chris Fazio wrote: > Quote: >>I have set up a Network based on a Desktop Vista based, which includes a >>wireless to a laptop Vista based and a hard wired XP desktop. This was >>done >>to acquire old data files of the XP desktop and transfer to the Vista >>desktop. That has all been accomplished. Those files have since been >>removed from the XP but the shared folders still show up on the Vista >>Desktop and Laptop network. Is there a way to remove these folders from >>the >>Network since they no longer exist on the original XP desktop? > They should disappear on their own after some time, but that > time can be long. > > I think you can just delete them. Any problems with that? > > Hans-Georg > -- > No mail, please. |
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| | Re: shared files on XP Hans-Georg, It seems that I can attempt to delete the individual files within the folders but it tells me permission is required. How to I assign permission in XP? Especially on folders and files which have been deleted from the XP desktop? -- Christopher Fazio VMD "Chris Fazio" <cjfazio@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OADi33VfIHA.5348@xxxxxx Quote: > Hans-Georg, > > Thank you for the reply. I am unable to delete any of the folders listed > under the XP desktop on the network. The option is not there when I right > click. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. > > > -- > Christopher Fazio VMD > "Hans-Georg Michna" <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uuhns39bt65b3d92uvn493iin032qkp6ft@xxxxxx Quote: >> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:01:18 -0500, Chris Fazio wrote: >> Quote: >>>I have set up a Network based on a Desktop Vista based, which includes a >>>wireless to a laptop Vista based and a hard wired XP desktop. This was >>>done >>>to acquire old data files of the XP desktop and transfer to the Vista >>>desktop. That has all been accomplished. Those files have since been >>>removed from the XP but the shared folders still show up on the Vista >>>Desktop and Laptop network. Is there a way to remove these folders from >>>the >>>Network since they no longer exist on the original XP desktop? >> They should disappear on their own after some time, but that >> time can be long. >> >> I think you can just delete them. Any problems with that? >> >> Hans-Georg >> -- >> No mail, please. |
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| | Re: shared files on XP On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:10:27 -0500, Chris Fazio wrote: Quote: >It seems that I can attempt to delete the individual files within the >folders but it tells me permission is required. How to I assign permission >in XP? Especially on folders and files which have been deleted from the XP >desktop? if the server is actually there and if you have the permissions to delete files, then you would actually delete the files on the server, which may not be what you want to do. I was talking about folders in the network environment that no longer actually exist. Folders that do exist will not disappear on their own. For permissions please read the Windows Help. It is explained there. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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| | Re: shared files on XP Han-Georg It seems the majority of these files are folders on the network that no longer exist. When I attempt to delete these I am told I do not have permission. If I attempt to delete them while on the XP desktop, I am told the path is not valid. Which is correct because they don't exist except in the network. I would just like to clean up these folders off the network in order to make it more manageable. Thanks, -- Christopher Fazio VMD "Hans-Georg Michna" <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:rmqos3p5heb8uqn4hoka0f928a78c6th8c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:10:27 -0500, Chris Fazio wrote: > Quote: >>It seems that I can attempt to delete the individual files within the >>folders but it tells me permission is required. How to I assign >>permission >>in XP? Especially on folders and files which have been deleted from the >>XP >>desktop? > Chris, > > if the server is actually there and if you have the permissions > to delete files, then you would actually delete the files on the > server, which may not be what you want to do. > > I was talking about folders in the network environment that no > longer actually exist. Folders that do exist will not disappear > on their own. > > For permissions please read the Windows Help. It is explained > there. > > Hans-Georg > -- > No mail, please. |
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