Novice: Sharing folder with my other PC?

A month ago I had some help here from Fatal_Exception in this thread:

Subject: Novice: 'TRANSFERS folder' disappeared
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:52:59 +0000
Message-ID: <47ncs1do521v28opjrq4vr0pg2d1790ct3@xxxxxxx>

As a result, I was able to remake the folder 'Transfers', which I
placed on my desktop of this XP Home PC, here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Terry Pinnell\Desktop\Transfers

I used to use this to transfer files to and from my W98 PC in my
shed/workshop, via the wireless LAN my son installed for me (I'm just
not into the black art of networking). I've only just got around to
trying to use the folder in that way again, and unfortunately it
doesn't work. On my W98 PC (which is just getting onto the internet
OK, so the wireless connection is OK) I have a shortcut on my desktop
to TRANSFERS. But every time I try to open it, I get a message along
the lines of it being an invalid location.

FWIW, in the shortcut's Properties I have Target: \\TERRY\TRANSFERS.
(I don't remember how I first created that, BTW, and would appreciate
a reminder!) 'TERRY' is the name of my XP PC, although I'm not
entirely sure where that is set either. Anyway, I tried altering the
above Target, e.g. to \\TERRY\C:\Documents and Settings\Terry
Pinnell\Desktop\Transfers but that and other variations were not
accepted.

I'd greatly appreciate someone setting me straight please.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
.

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