Re: Sharing Windows and Program Files folders

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Thanks, Malke -- I'll try your suggestion for the particular example that I
gave.

I don't want to go into all the reasons here, but I actually want to share
all folders, and I'm quite happy to accept the risks that may entail.

Does anyone have a solution that will enable this to be done?

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Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
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"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lindsay Graham wrote:

I use WinXP Home SP2. I want to be able to share ALL folders (not
just those that Microsoft thinks I should) across a small home network
which
comprises XP and 98SE computers. One simple example of why I want
this is so that my wife can save a file to the Desktop of my XP
computer (which was easy to do when I used a Win98 computer).

Research suggests that I should be able to do this by booting the XP
computer in Safe Mode and then sharing the relevant folders. But I've
done
that (and at the WinXP end, it appeared to share successfully). But
from the Win98 computer, I still cannot access the desired XP folders.

Any ideas on how I can do this?

PS I'm finding Microsoft's constraints according to how it thinks we
should operate increasingly frustrating!!


This is by design. Try creating a folder on the root of one of your hard
drives (C: if you only have one hard drive) and share it. Now make a
shortcut to it on your desktop. Your wife can save files there. It
would be extremely foolish to share Program Files and/or the Windows
folder. That is just asking for trouble.

As for your "PS", there are other operating systems. Try one.

Malke
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