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Working with privileges that others have set

When you are using the By Icon or By Small Icon view, the appearance of shared folders indicates the access you have.

Icon Meaning

A darkened tab indicates that you own the folder and can set its access privileges.

A plain tab indicates that you can open and use the folder.

A strap indicates that you cannot open and use the folder.

A strap with an arrow indicates that you can put files or folders into the folder, but you cannot open it or use any files or folders within it.

Checking your access privileges

When you open a folder on another computer, icons under the title bar indicate the privileges that you do not have.

You can’t	You can’t	You can’t
make changes	see files in	see folders
to files in this	this folder.	in this folder.
folder.

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