xp home-protecting files

conanthedestroyer

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Sep 12, 2005
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hi.is there a simple way to protect files from deletion or being changed.i have 2 folders 'music' and 'pics' which i wish to share for viewing and playing but i want to protect them from accidental deletion modification etc. or if theres a freeware program to do this maybe
 

OdiN

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Mar 1, 2000
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Share them with read-only attributes.

Oh...Home...

Uhm. I don't recall if you can disable simple file sharing in Home or not.
 

Cdeck

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if i remember xphome correctly, right click folder in explorer, share and select "read only" for the folder. i'm sure it's in home.