No "My Network Places" on desktop.

[PVR]

I have two PCs on a home network. Both PCs use WinXP/2. The desktop PC is
connected to the router via Ethernet wire. The laptop is connected
wirelessly. Both PCs can access the Internet. Both can access Outlook
Express for emails and NGs. Both PCs can ping each other (after
configuration of the software firewall) and "localhost" etc.

In Start the laptop displays "My Network Places" below "My Computer." In
Start the desktop does not display "My Network Places." I can access shared
files on the laptop from the desktop. I cannot access shared files on the
desktop from the laptop. I set up both PCs alongside each other so that both
would be configured the same.

How do I obtain "My Network Places" on my desktop?

Thanks in advance,

Peter.

 

[Guest]

Did you want an Icon on the desktop for My Network Places or did you want to
be able to see it from the Start Menu?

There would be two different ways to handle this.

 

[John Wunderlich]

How do I obtain "My Network Places" on my desktop?

Right-click desktop->Properties->Desktop Tab->
Customize Desktop Button -> General Tab ->
Put a check mark beside My Network Places.

HTH,
John

 

[Jeffrey Randow]

See the following site for a tutorial on how to add My Network Places

http://www.it.northwestern.edu/network/config/winxp-mynetwork.html

 

[PVR]

My post was confusing. I have two PCs; one I call "laptop" and the other is
"desktop." Unfortunately the word "desktop" is also used for the screen
display before specific software is launched. I should have referred to my
desktop PC by another name such as "tower." My apologies to all those who
responded.

Peter.

 

[PVR]

I want to see it from the "Start" menu. But I also want it to reflect that I
can access my laptop's shared files from what I was calling the ""desktop"
PC but which I shall now call the "tower." (See my recent post here.)

Peter.

 

[Guest]

Did you receive a fix from any of these posts?

My post was confusing. I have two PCs; one I call "laptop" and the other is
"desktop." Unfortunately the word "desktop" is also used for the screen
display before specific software is launched. I should have referred to my
desktop PC by another name such as "tower." My apologies to all those who
responded.

Peter.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Try running the command ipconfig on the desktop. When you find it's IP from
the laptop in the run box enter \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is
the IP of the desktop computer. What happens??

Steve

example of ipconfig

D:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.201
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

 

[PVR]

None that solved my problem.

Peter.

Did you receive a fix from any of these posts?

 

[PVR]

I receive a reply which says "The Filename, Directory name or volume label
syntax is incorrect." I hope you can help here.

Peter.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

You receive that reply when - after running what command??

 

[Guest]

So to clarify, you want a link to the shared items on your tower PC on the
laptop?

 

[PVR]

No. I want the reverse of your question. In other words I want a link to
shared items on the laptop from the tower. I already have the laptop to
tower link.

Peter.

 

[PVR]

I followed your suggestion contained in your post of Oct 24 as follows

Try running the command ipconfig on the desktop. When you find it's IP from

the laptop in the run box enter \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is
the IP of the desktop computer. What happens??>

Peter.

 

[Guest]

Just a few more questions that might seem obvious...
Both laptop and tower have file and printer sharing active?
Both are on the same workgroup?
Does tower have a "shared folder" icon in My Network Places?
If so, can you see it from laptop?
If so, on laptop, go to My Network Places, open tower, right click and drag
at the same time to the laptop's desktop the shared folder icon for tower.
Release mouse button and select (left click) create shortcut.

Hope this helps.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Try booting into Safe Mode with networking and try again to see what
happens. If it works in Safe Mode with networking then some startup
application/service/process is causing the problem.

Steve