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Is there a way (devious or not) to convince XP Pro SP 2 to share my C:\Program files directory with the other PC on my home LAN?? I can set individual Program File directories as shared, but can't set C:\Program files sharable so navigation is tough. Must be a hack somewhere. I hate it when XP tries to protect me from myself! chuck |
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Your entire c drive should be accessible as a hidden administrative share (c$). If both pcs are in the same workgroup, and you have the same user account names on both, go to start - run \\{computer name}\c$ , or \\{ip address}\c$ and you should open an explorer window to the c: drive of said computer. |
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chuck wrote: > Is there a way (devious or not) to convince XP Pro SP 2 > to share my C:\Program files directory with the other PC > on my home LAN?? I can set individual Program File directories > as shared, but can't set C:\Program files sharable so navigation > is tough. Must be a hack somewhere. I hate it when XP tries > to protect me from myself! > > chuck You don't need a hack. You need to disable Simple Sharing from Folder Options>View. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP windows - Shell/User |
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chuck wrote: > Is there a way (devious or not) to convince XP Pro SP 2 > to share my C:\Program files directory with the other PC > on my home LAN?? Why on earth would you want to? You can't run programs over the LAN, there's no point in being able to access it as you can't install or uninstall programs over the lan (well not that way anyway) so why on earth do you want to share it? -- Gordon Burgess-Parker Systems and Management Accounting www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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Gordon wrote: > > Why on earth would you want to? You can't run programs over the LAN, there's > no point in being able to access it as you can't install or uninstall > programs over the lan (well not that way anyway) so why on earth do you > want to share it? > If nothing else, because there are simple .ini files (WS-FTP.INI) that I want to copy to another PC and see no reason to use pen and ink. As I said, I do not want XP saving me from myself. |
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chuck wrote: > Gordon wrote: >> >> Why on earth would you want to? You can't run programs over the LAN, >> there's no point in being able to access it as you can't install or >> uninstall programs over the lan (well not that way anyway) so why on >> earth do you want to share it? >> > If nothing else, because there are simple .ini files (WS-FTP.INI) that > I want to copy to another PC and see no reason to use pen and ink. > > As I said, I do not want XP saving me from myself. Then just log onto the machine with the *.ini files on it, and copy them to the other(s). No need to share the folder at all. -- Gordon Burgess-Parker Systems and Management Accounting www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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