How to get the Security Tab in the Folder Properties

If you need to change the security settings for a particular folder, you would right mouse click on it and go to Properties. From here you look for the ‘Security Tab’… wait, it’s not there!

So, how to get the security tab in the folder properties…

For this to work you must have your HD formatted in the NTFS filesystem.

XP Pro Instructions

1. Go to Windows Explorer (windows key + e)
2. Tools
3. Folder Options
4. View
5. Uncheck ‘Use Simple File Sharing’

That’s it done.

XP Home

A bit trickier…

1. You need to download the Security Configuration Manager ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/tools/scm/ (get SCESP4I.exe)
2. Run the file to extract the contents
3. Right click the ‘Setup.inf’ file from the location you extracted to and choose ‘Install’.
4. Reboot

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