Vista has shared all folder and all subfolders

[sswats]

I did a backup on a laptop by taking out the hard disk and pluggin it into another PC and copied it to a USB.

Reinstalled Vista. Copied the data back to a folder on the desktop. Couldn't access it all because of some permission thing. so i changed that to allow main user full access. And this seems to have shared the folder and all sub folders.


This is the 2nd time its happened to me with a different PC.

How do i remove all sharing in vista?
If i just go to the root directory and do stop sharing, it only stops that folder, all the sub folders are still shared.

 

[wozencl]

Are you talking about Sharing, as in a folder over a network, or Permissions? The first part of your post suggests Permissions, yet the later part suggests Sharing.
Permissions
Windows 7 (Vista should be similar)

Right click on the drive > Go to Security tab > There should be an Advanced button, click it. > It will bring up a table with Type, Name, Permissions, Inherited From and Applies To > Edit the users accounts accordingly.

E.g. Select an account, change the drop down to "This Folder Only", update the permissions as required and click OK.

Sharing
In Windows 7, for me at least, Sharing only applies to the folder in question, even if it's root.

If you need something to loop through a load of subfolders and remove the shares automatically your best bet is probably VBS using WMI or a third party app.