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I have IPIII-800/256RAM/16MbV/2x20Gb/MSI.
MS Windows NT 4.0 installed, SP6 is installed.

When I try to share folder it's going fine. But when I reboot, Win shows me shared folder and shared disk (where this folder is placed).
I want to make sharing only for folder, not for disk.

Please, help me to solve it.

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by calves

I don't think anything is wrong. I think the only item been shared is the folder you selected; and to test my theory, from a client computer, see what you can access on your computer.

C. Alves

by haissam

Maybe I didn't understand the question correctly.
All drives are shared administratively under windows NT. If you want to change that then you have to play around with the registery. I cannot remember the registery key that needs to be changed but I can look it up for you if that's what you're after.

by johnnyextreme

Like Hassaim said, it is an "administrative share" which means that only an administrator would be able to access it remotely or map it like \\servername\c$.
By default, if you delete the C$, D$, etc.. Administrative shares, they will be recreated when you reboot. To disable this feature, edit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Paramaters Double click on AutoShareServer and set it to 0 to disable it for a server. Double click on AutoShareWks and set it to 0 to disable it for a workstation. If the entries are not present, Add Value of type REG_DWORD. The Range is 0 (disable) or 1 (enable - the default). And backup the registry before editing it!

by joetech3

If you remove all permissions from the share except the LAN administrators, no one will be able to access it. It's better than editing the registry.

by sri_basrur

Hello,

I don't feel that you have observed is a share which u have created.The share which u have observed is a admin level share(C$,D$).This won't harm you since if you try to observe this sharefrom neighbouring computers you won't see it bcozz it is generally meant for the system but on a webserver it is advisable that you turn off this share by going to the registry.

by johnnyextreme

What JoeTech3 said sounds wrong - if it is an administrative share then you could not set permissions for it. If you did you would get the message "This directory is shared for administrative purposes only".

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