MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

Practice: Creating a Shared Folder
Lesson 2 Creating and Sharing Local and Remote Folders
17-13
In this practice, you use Computer Management to create a new folder and share that
folder on a local computer by using the Shared Folders node in Comptuer Management.
You also use Shared Folders to stop sharing the folder.
Exercise 1: Create a Folder on a Local Computer and Share it by Using Shared
Folders
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.
8. On the Create A Shared Folder Wizard page, in the Folder To Share text box, type
C:\Library.
9. In the Share Name text box, type Library.
10. Click Next.
A message box appears, asking you if you want to create C:\Library.
11. Click Yes.
A message box appears, informing you that C:\Library has been created.
12. Click OK.
The Create A Shared Folder Wizard displays a final page of three basic share permission
options and a customizable permissions option, as described in Table
17-4. You can use one of the three basic permissions or you can choose Customize
Share And Folder Permissions to create your own permissions.
13. Click Finish to accept the default permissions option All Users Have Full Control.
The Create A Shared Folder Wizard displays a message box, telling you that the
folder has been successfully shared and asking if you want to create another
shared folder.
14. Click No.
Leave the Computer Management window open for the next exercise.