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Windows Server Cookbook
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Windows Server Cookbook

by Robbie Allen
March 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
698 pages
19h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 4. Files, Folders, and Shares

Introduction

This chapter covers some of the common tasks facing administrators when it comes to managing the Windows file system. I’ll not only touch on the really basic tasks such as creating, deleting, renaming, and moving files and folders, but more advanced topics such as viewing a list of all open files and identifying the process that has a file locked.

Using a Graphical User Interface

You are undoubtedly familiar with the all-purpose file, folder, and shared folder management tool, Windows Explorer. With it you can create, move, rename, and delete files and folders as well as hide, encrypt, and make them read-only. As you’ll see, this is the most used graphical tool in this chapter.

You are also probably familiar with the Shared Folder MMC snap-in, which is commonly seen as a part of the Computer Management tool. This snap-in allows you to do just about anything with shares (i.e., create, delete, see who is using them, etc.).

Sysinternals produces several graphical tools that are also very helpful. These include File Monitor (Recipe 4.19), Fundelete (Recipe 4.3), and Shareenum (Recipe 4.24).

Using a Command-Line Interface

Table 4-1 lists command-line tools used in this chapter and the recipes they are used in.

Table 4-1. Command-line tools used in this chapter

Tool

Windows Server 2003

Windows 2000 Server

Recipes

attrib

%SystemRoot%\system32

%SystemRoot%\system32

4.12, 4.13

auditpol

Windows 2000 Resource Kit

Windows 2000 Resource Kit

4.18

cipher ...

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