Permissions when moving files on the same drive

[Kelemvor]

OK,

I know this is an issue on XP but I saw something somewhere that it wasn't supposed to be an issue with Windows 7 but I"m still having the problem.

Here's the KB article about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310316

Basically when I have a file in a certain folder that has certain permissions, and I move that file to a new location on the same drive, but into a folder that has different permissions (it's shared out), the file retains the permissions from the original folder it was in which means it is not shared out.

There's a registry setting that fixes/changes this behavior in XP (in the article above) but I'm not sure if the same key has the same function in Windows 7.

I figure I'll just try it later but wanted to see if anyone already knows for sure if this is going to work for me or not.

I know this is still a problem in Windows 7 because last night I couldn't view a bunch of files from my file share because they started somewhere else. I checked the box to replace all the inherent permissions and let it redo everything and then it worked fine

 

[corkyg]

Another quick fix is to take ownership of the host folder.

 

[Kelemvor]

Yeah I thought about that. Basically I use uTorrent to download files into a certain spot and then move them to a different location when they are done. I have the final spot setup with Everyone having Full Control but the original spot doesn't. I guess I can just give that spot Everyone permission and then when it's moved it should just work.