murderdoll Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Hello, As you may already know, when you start sharing folders on LAN, the Users folder gets shared automatically. In Windows 8 if you un-share the Users folder, it will get shared again automatically at some point in the future. Now I can remove permissions from the Sharing tab and nobody can access the folder but still I need to get rid of this, I don't want 'Users' folder to show for anyone trying to browse my shares. I've searched a lot and I couldn't find anything that works so now I'm seeking help from Neowin! Thanks, Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1185629-users-folder-getting-shared-by-default/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Disable the "server" service on your clients, If you are storing your content on a home server you don't need smb shares on them anyway. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1185629-users-folder-getting-shared-by-default/#findComment-596073297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderdoll Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 @TPreston, Thanks for the information. Can you elaborate on what will I lose if I disable the Lanman service? I've tried to read a bit about but I'm not entirely sure if other clients will still be able to access me? Also I've read on another forum that disabling the 'Homegroup' would get rid of the 'Users' folder being shared. I'm still collecting options and I'll begin trying them out soon. Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1185629-users-folder-getting-shared-by-default/#findComment-596073711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted November 7, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2013 I've found that simply disabling "Simple Sharing", then removing the share from Computer Managment MMC snap-in rather than using the "Shares" tab on the folder seems to work pretty well. Did this the day after installing 8.1, nothing changed yet. I don't have homegroup disabled but I've also not set one up Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1185629-users-folder-getting-shared-by-default/#findComment-596084395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderdoll Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 I've disabled Homegroup Listener/Provider from the services (basically no more homegroups) and it's good, no more sharing of C:\Users Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1185629-users-folder-getting-shared-by-default/#findComment-596087117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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