Sharing folders

[Guest]

Good afternoon
I have managed to network my two PCs. I can share an internet connection
and all was going well with sharing folders. For some obscure reason, I am
having difficulty sharing folders at present. When I frst started the
sharing process, I right-clicked the folder and ticked share and allow
change. Now when I go to the My Network Places folder I cannot see the
shared folder. On the client I can sometimes see the new folder in My
Network Places folder and some folders I cannot. When I mapwork a drive I
can see the folder, but I do not want to keep doing this. Can anybody please
help.
Reagrds.
S

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Good afternoon
I have managed to network my two PCs. I can share an internet connection
and all was going well with sharing folders. For some obscure reason, I am
having difficulty sharing folders at present. When I frst started the
sharing process, I right-clicked the folder and ticked share and allow
change. Now when I go to the My Network Places folder I cannot see the
shared folder. On the client I can sometimes see the new folder in My
Network Places folder and some folders I cannot. When I mapwork a drive I
can see the folder, but I do not want to keep doing this. Can anybody please
help.
Reagrds.
S

Browsing through My Network Places is notoriously unreliable.

If a shared folder doesn't appear, you can click "Add a network place"
and add it.

Instead, I recommend accessing the shared folder directly by typing
this line in the Start | Run box, substituting the name of the
computer and the shared folder:

\\computer\share
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

You are a star - thank you.
All is now resolved.
I am going to have a large celebratory drink, Iv'e been fu....... around
with this for days!!!!
S

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

You are a star - thank you.
All is now resolved.
I am going to have a large celebratory drink, Iv'e been fu....... around
with this for days!!!!
S

You're welcome. Just look through the messages in this news group to
see how many people have trouble with network browsing.

You can also create a desktop shortcut to a computer or a shared
folder. Right-click the desktop, click New -> Shortcut, and specify
the location of the item as "\\computer" or "\\computer\share".
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com