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How can Windows file explorer delete a folder that RMDIR can delete?
Windows Server 2012 (not R2) shows folders in use with read in open files in computer management. Windows explorer does not allow us to delete those folders no matter what we try, however rmdir as ...
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Sharing symbolic links on networked drive - is not accessible due permissions
We have several windows servers 2012 R2.
And a file server provided by a third party, which provides a volume available thru CIFS/SMB.
I want create symbolic folder on win server to "file server" and ...
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Open folder in another IP Windows Server 2012
My scenario is the following,
I have an application, FreeFileSync, which is able to move all the data from a directory and subdirectories to another location.
I have created a Windows Server 2012 ...
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What is the simplest way to move an entire drive-worth of data from one server to another?
I'm tasked with moving an entire 930GB drive full of data from an old file server to a new one, and it needs to be done in a single weekend.
The old server runs 2008 R2 Standard and acts as a file ...
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Set client Quotas on a windows server
I'm using winserver 2012 to Share files over a network of about 100 users. Currently anyone connected to the network has full access to the shared folders. I would like to limit each client to a ...
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Domain users can't use domain name to access server file shares. Works fine using server IP address & Netbios name
I've set up some simple domain users to test my active directory configuration.
These users have access to several shares on the server.
When I log in using any of these profiles client machine ...
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Sharing folder with no password from WS2012 AD to non-domain computer
I have a network with a domain on Windows Server 2012 and a few clients with Windows 7 Pro and 2 with Windows 7 Home, so I can't add them to the domain.
On server I have a shared folder with software ...
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Root Folder permissions not propagating to subfolders
I have a very wierd issue with one single folder in my server shared folders. From time to time, a directory or a file moved under this subfolder won't inherit permissions as supposed to. Instead, it ...
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Can't scan to a shared folder but can write to it from computer - windows server 2012
I have a Toshiba network scanner/copier that is configured to send scanned files to a shared folder.
It was working fine when the shared folder was on a windows server 2003 computer.
I installed ...
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How to remove copy option from shared folders?
My organisation uses WS2012 and want to share some files over the network. My question is how to copy protect a folder/file which is being shared?
The scenario is that, I want the users to access the ...
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NetworkService account access to a shared folder (WinSrv 2012R2)
We have services running under IIS with pool setup to run under NetworkService identity. If the service required access to a shared folder on a remote server, on previous versions of WinServer we just ...
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Legal hold for file servers
I am to build a new file server with Windows Server 2012R2. The edict being passed my way is basically to have the entire common share on legal hold, so as to retain all file changes. Is throwing a ...
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w2012 file server. Deleted folder reappears and can't be deleted
On a windows 2012 R2 File Server when clients app removes a folder it reappears with access denied. I can browse to the folder which contains the inaccessible folder, I can run dir command and see it. ...
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Accessing local groups remotly for a Windows Fileshare where user accounts are on an AD
I am asking this question with almost no knowledge of Windows and Active Directory.
I have a Windows Server (2012), that I am using as a file server (FILE01.domain.tld). There are some local groups ...
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Shares and printers on a server are not accessible for one workstation
The PC in question is running Windows 7 and the server is Windows Server 2012 Standard.
Both machines can ping each other by IP and Name.
I've tried flushing the DNS cache, removing the pc from the ...
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