Re: How share program files folder on LAN?

From: jtsnow (jtsnow_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:53:33 -0800

yea its for backup...im not running the programs remote. I want to
backup the program files folder
thx

"Bill Martin -- (Remove NOSPAM from address)" <wylie@earthNOSPAMlink.net>
wrote in message news:ubfmQDA$EHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Gordon wrote:
>
>> Why would you *want* to share the program folder? very few programs can
>> run over a Network, they need to be installed on each machine.
>
> One reason: Some programs insist on storing their configuration stuff
> within their installation subdirectory. That makes it difficult then to
> do remote backups from another machine on the network. You may not want
> to execute remotely, or backup all the installation stuff, but you would
> still like to backup anything that gets changed after installation.
>
> Bill

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