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File properties dialog box not showing

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by danbw2001

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When I right click on a disk or file in Windows Explorer and select sharing or properties, the dialog box never comes up (and the selection highlight reverts to the previous selection). Don't know if this relates, but recently I have shared drives (partitions) and since then removed that drive. Anyone know how to fix this?
-Thank you, Dan

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by mr. ezekial transistor

Can you share via Net Use command? Do you use Lan Manager? Are you on Admin account or perhaps your User account is blocked. Why not restore the drive, unshare it and then remove.

by danbw2001

The 'net use' command will help connect to existing shared resources. I need to share a drive (or folder) and cannot get into the drive (or file) properties in order to share the drive (or remove the shares from a drive that has since been pulled). I am trying to avoid restoring the drive or reloading the OS. Is there a DOS command that will set up sharing?

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