It seems only 'administrator' can open c$
in Windows 7. Is there no way to let administrator group members other than administrator access these shares?
When I try to edit the share permissions, it gives me some system built-in share with settings that cannot be edited.
Is there a way to enable this?
Best Answer
Try adding a user to the local Administrators group via Computer Management:
You're right, it seems they've disabled local administrators from using their permissions for network shares since Vista, you can edit the registry to change this:
In the left, browse to the following folder: