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17-10 Chapter 17 Monitoring and Managing Shared Folders by Using Computer Management
Lesson 2: Creating and Sharing Local and Remote Folders
You can use Computer Management to share an existing folder or to create a new
folder and share it on the local computer or on a remote computer. You can also modify
the shared folder and NTFS permissions when you share the folder. Remember that
to share folders on a computer on which Windows Firewall is running, you must
enable the File And Printer Sharing exception (refer to Chapter 9 for details on how to
do this).
After this lesson, you will be able to
■ Create a new folder and share it by using Shared Folders
■ Share a folder on a remote computer by using Shared Folders
■ Stop sharing a folder
Estimated lesson time: 20 minutes
How to Create a New Folder and Share It by Using Shared Folders
From the Computer Management window, you can run the Create A Shared Folder
Wizard to create a new folder and share it. To run the Create A Shared Folder Wizard,
follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel window, click Performance And Maintenance.
3. In the Performance And Maintenance window, click Administrative Tools.
4. In the Administrative Tools folder, double-click Computer Management.
5. Expand the System Tools node, and then expand the Shared Folders node.
6. Under Shared Folders, click Shares.
7. On the Action menu, click New File Share.
The Create A Shared Folder Wizard starts and displays the Welcome page.
8. Click Next to proceed.
Windows displays the Set Up A Shared Folder page.
9. In the Folder To Share text box, type the path for the folder you want to share, or
click the Browse button to locate an existing folder. If you type the name of a
folder that does not already exist, Windows will display a dialog box asking
whether you want to create the folder. You can create a new folder and share it in
one process.