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9-8 Chapter 9 Administering Shared Folders
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1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Note When you first use My Network Places, Windows XP Professional adds it to your Start
menu. If My Network Places is listed on your Start menu, click it and proceed to step 4.
2. In the Control Panel window, click Network And Internet Connections.
3. In the Network And Internet Connections window, under See Also, click My Network
Places.
4. Double-click the share you want to access.
Note If the share you want to connect to is listed, when you double-click it, you are connected.
If the share that you want to connect to is not listed, go to step 5.
5. If the share you want to connect to is not listed, click Add A Network Place.
The Welcome To The Add Network Place Wizard page is displayed.
6. Click Next.
7. On the Where Do You Want To Create This Network Place page, select Choose
Another Network Location, and then click Next.
8. On the What Is The Address Of This Network Place page, shown in Figure 9-4,
you can type a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the folder (for example,
\\computer_name\sharedfolder_name) and click Next.
Figure 9-4 Type the UNC for the share that you want to access.
Tip You can also use the Other Locations On Your Network page to make a network connection
shortcut to a Web share (http://Webserver/share) or a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site
(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com).