Re: Network Revived but File-Sharing Confused
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:48:54 -0800
On 8 Nov 2005 15:59:08 -0800, *email_address_deleted* wrote:
>The File-Sharing Network on my XP SP2 Home machines spontaneously
>revived, but only after I did a lot of fumbling that seems to have
>affected my ability to compare files of the same name that are shared
>by two computers.
>
>Here's my attempt to give a clear illustration of the problem:
>
>Suppose I have two Work Group computers named "Desktop" and "Laptop,"
>and also have two folders named "Alpha" and "Beta" on the C: drive of
>each computer. I want to be able to compare and synch the two sets of
>folders on either Desktop or Laptop. I can do that with "Alpha" but
>not with "Beta."
>
>In "My Network Places," I can see the icons for the Alpha and Beta
>folders of both computers. There is a Key difference in the icon
>names, however: Alpha is shown in Desktop as "Alpha (laptop)" and in
>the Laptop as in "Alpha" (desktop.)" Beta, however, is labeled "Beta
>(laptop)" on both computers.
>
>What can I do to make the Beta folder function the same way as Alpha?
>Would getting the name of the Beta folder on the Laptop to change from
>"Beta(laptop)" to "Beta(desktop)" do the trick? Is that possible? If
>so, how?
>
>I get tongue twisted trying to explain this problem so I hope the above
>is understandable.
>
>I would appreciate any suggestions about changes I can try to make it
>possible to view the two computers' Beta folders side-by-side on either
>computer.
>
>Thanks.
Joseph,
What is the actual problem here? Are you seeing a duplicate link - to Beta on
the laptop - on both computers? Or is the shortcut to Beta, on the desktop,
somehow labeled "Beta (laptop)" on the laptop? Are these both mapped drives, or
are they manually created shortcuts?
The contents of the "()" is generally the name of the computer hosting the
resource, and the description, perversely, precedes the "()". If I have my
computer, named "Computer1", and described as "Office Computer", it will display
as "Office Computer (Computer1)"; if description is blank, it will simply
display as "Computer1". How do you have the computer names and descriptions
setup?
Or are we looking at yet another browser problem?
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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