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Windows 7 - Share folder once, unshare it, now it has a lock icon?

 
11-03-2009   #1


Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (7600) x64!
 
 

Share folder once, unshare it, now it has a lock icon?

So, I share a folder once. By adding "everyone" to the list of "people to share with." Then, I unshare it. All of a sudden it has a "lock icon" on it that I can't get rid of.

Why?

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11-03-2009   #2


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


As far as I know, the lock icon is just Windows's way of saying "this file isn't shared with anyone".
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11-03-2009   #3


Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (7600) x64!
 
 


But why don't all my other folder have the icon then? I hate how folders I've shared and unshared now stick out like a sore thumb.
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05-27-2011   #4


Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
 
 


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