You have a folder on your Windows desktop system that you would like to share with members of your development team. Users need to be able to view and edit any file in the shared folder. Your team needs to be able to view and edit any file in the shared folder, so you configure advanced sharing to give each team member Full Control share permissions. The team is doing some competitive analysis and connect to the shared folder and report that they can open the files, but they cannot modify any of the files. What should you do?

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Dixie Jacobson

Computers & Technology

3 March, 20:43

You have a folder on your Windows desktop system that you would like to share with members of your development team. Users need to be able to view and edit any file in the shared folder. Your team needs to be able to view and edit any file in the shared folder, so you configure advanced sharing to give each team member Full Control share permissions. The team is doing some competitive analysis and connect to the shared folder and report that they can open the files, but they cannot modify any of the files. What should you do?

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Lilian Young · Answer 1

modify the NTFS permissions on the folder

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem what you need to do is to modify the NTFS permissions on the folder. The NT File System permissions are security measures blocking access to manipulation of files within a directory and affects local users as well as network users. By adjusting the permissions of this within the folder that the members are trying to access then it will give them the ability to modify the files.