![]() ![]() What if we want to see 1,000 folders at once in an Explorer window? The problems here are that (a) It isn't intuitive to examine the status bar to see folder status and (b) The status bar is visible only if we enter a folder. If we open a folder that happens to be shared in Windows Explorer, we can see the state of the folder in the status bar. Also, the "sharing hand" overlay doesn't contribute to Microsoft's vision of usability.įollowing are the specific ways that Microsoft gives us to locate our shared folders: Microsoft's official response is that painting the overlays on multiple folders drains valuable system resources. If you perform some Web searching, you'll find that many Windows users have complained to Microsoft about their decision to remove the sharing hand icon overlay. Microsoft's "answer" to the missing sharing hand Then I will show you two free workarounds that give us our beloved shared hand overlays back. Windows Server 2012 folders (after sharing)Ĭan you say, "Counter-intuitive?!" This icon behavior is frustrating, isn't it? In this blog post we'll first examine Microsoft's official party line response to this issue. Now take another look at the folders after I shared out DOCS: ![]()
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