Sharing of folders on a network

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a home network setup for 2 computers, one using Windows XP Pro and
the other using Win XP Home SP1. When I disable sharing a folder on the
network, that folder still appears in "My Network Places". Why is this?
Shouldn't the folder no longer be visible in "My Network Places"?
Also, is it possible to delete a folder shown in "My Network Places" as it
is not even been shared on the computer and don't know why it is being listed
there. Although, when one double clicks that folder, the folder not
accessible error message appears.

Thanks for any suggestions in advance,
Rahul

 

[Chuck]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:05:06 -0800, "Rahul M" <Rahul

Hi,
I have a home network setup for 2 computers, one using Windows XP Pro and
the other using Win XP Home SP1. When I disable sharing a folder on the
network, that folder still appears in "My Network Places". Why is this?
Shouldn't the folder no longer be visible in "My Network Places"?
Also, is it possible to delete a folder shown in "My Network Places" as it
is not even been shared on the computer and don't know why it is being listed
there. Although, when one double clicks that folder, the folder not
accessible error message appears.

Thanks for any suggestions in advance,
Rahul

Rahul,

The phantom folder is caused by the browser subsystem, which is a cached
catalogue of what shares are available on the LAN. The cache does not clear
immediately, there is always latency.

When I am diagnosing a browser problem, I always recommend powering off each
computer, after making any changes that affect the browser. In your case,
simply rebooting the master browser should be sufficient to remove these phantom
shares.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>