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Lock icon on many files in my home folder

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Mar 15, 20267949 views
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Many of the files in my home folder have a small lock icon in the lower left corner. I think this may have to do with the fact I installed several times trying to get a dual-boot set up. Anyways, I have attempted to remove the Windows.old, Windows.old.000, and Windows.old.001 folders, which I final…

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Fix for: Lock icon on many files in my home folder

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The lock icon has to doing with file sharing. It indicates that only the owner the document has write access to the file. Have you set up a HomeGroup for your Windows 7 system? You may want to change your HomeGroup settings to either turn off sharin…

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