Windows 7: Why have some of my folders got a lock!

im getting annoyed, some random video folders, game folders i have, appear with a folder with a lock!? whyyy?

i have 20 folders of videos, and 2 have locks on the icon, why is this happening?

I just moved another folder now it has a lock on it too wth?!



anyone know whats going on here?

read a bit about libraries in windows 7.

Did you by chance either install win 7 as an upgrade, or move the files from one hd to another?

Ken

they are not shared over the network

Clean install.

they are shared over the network, my xbox and my other PC can access them.

Also i do use libraries but only have the default folder in them, which i re located through the properties to my other partition.

Thing is, its not every folder, its just some, like 20 folders in video folder, contating a video, some of the 20 folders have a lock.

Why is this?

*Solved

Set sharing to Everyone. This is very stupid, Videos Folder was moved, some videos end up with lock, some dont. It also said some are in use, i disconnected my ethernet cable. Still in use. WMP was closed, nothing at all could of been accessing the files. very weird. didnt have any problem in vista.

can jou unlock them

yeah it worked, i set sharing to Everyone, eventhough i could already access the files over the network for that particular folder within Videos folder. very very odd.

I've noticed the lock gets put on them when you create a read only share.

I think it means the OS requires elevation before you can access it.

but why, its just a video, this is an annoyance.