Why can't I share a folder on Vista?

Posted by Ken on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ken
Published on 2011-01-13T23:08:33Z Indexed on 2012/12/12 23:07 UTC
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On Windows Vista, I right-click on a folder, Properties, Sharing tab, and either "Advanced Sharing" or "Share"->"Share" causes an error:

Windows File Sharing
This program will not run
Access is denied.
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My user account is an "administrator" on this machine.

I think this behavior changed since my computer was added to the new domain recently. I have other folders shared (from long ago), and they continue to be shared just fine.

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