How the heck do I unshare my user folder?

Hi all,

Here's the situation: I have a netbook with Windows 7 Starter on it. I've used it for a while, but now I'm going to be sharing it with another person. I made the new person a new (non-admin) account. But the problem is that they can still access my C:\Users\(me) folder. Well, actually, I was able to prevent them from getting in directly, but subfiles and folders still show up from searches, and these files and folders can still be, in many cases, opened and accessed via a simple search from the start menu. I don't know why this is, because I even selected all of the subfolders and explicitly removed the new account from having access to them (Share with -> specific person -> new person -> remove). How do I make all of these folders not show up in searches, and hence make them unaccessable?

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

Did you create the new user account as a Standard User? If you have a password on your account, this should prevent them from accessing your user folder.

That something comes up in a search from the index, I would expect they shouldn't have access if they tried to click on it. Can you confirm this?

I just created a 2nd user on my computer and gave it standard permissions. When I tried to navigate to MY user folder, I got a UAC prompt. I clicked through it and was then prompted for my admin password. If I try to navigate to subfolders, I cannot see them when looking from explorer itself or the folder tree to the left.

 

You can create a new folder in C:\. Rt click on the hdd and then properties. you can set sharing to just that folder if you are sharing by means of a network. Also you can set up sharing use to internet only from another control panel. and yes--password your user account if this is hands on sharing. Reboot after doing so and they should be blocked.

 

All my user folders that aren't shared between my standard and admin account cannot be accessed from the user account, i can actually see the files, nut i cannot access them without entering my admin password. At worse, you can go set the permissions manually. I did this for files on the other HDDs on my desktop, no way i'm gonna let other people access my work related documents.

In any event, write permissions are disabled by default, only read is enabled.