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How to deny 'create folder' on root c: ?

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by hbartlet 1 view

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My students have Windows XP on their desktop computers (members of a Windows 2000 domain). I have removed the Everyone permission from the root of C: so they can only Read most of the drive. The problem is that even though they do not explicitly have the ability to create folders in the root of C: they can anyhow. There seems to be something special about drive C: as a d: drive with exactly the same permissions does not allow them to create folders in the root of the D: drive. Is there any way to prevent users from creating folders on the root of the C: drive (permission, policy, etc)?

Henry

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by haileyan

1.) Open my computer and right click on the C: Drive.
2.) Select Properties from th drop down menu.
3.) Select the Security tab.
4.) Click on the Advanced tab.
5.) Go to the the permissions tab and select Add.
6.) Select the group or user we are going to deny access.
7.) Click OK.
8.) Now click the edit button and place a check box in the deny column for Create Folder.
9.) Accept the changes.

by hbartlet

Thanks. The real problem is that "users of THISCOMPUTER" are given Create Folder permission even though they should only have Read. Removing the Create Folder permission for "users of THISCOMPUTER" solved the problem.

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