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How to Share a Folder in

Windows Systems If you

have a home network or

inside a corporate network,

you can share your files

with other computers in

your house or share office

documents with your co-

workers. Having a shared

folder is convenient for file

exchange. You don’t need

to bring a blank CD or a

flash drive to another

computer to copy the files

you need and bring back to

your computer. In order

for you to set up a shared

folder, you need to have a

home workgoup network

setup or under the same

domain inside a corporate.

You can follow these steps

to setup a sharing folder.

Step 1 Create a new folder,

you can place inside the C

drive, or you can put in on

your desktop or inside your

“My Documents” folder.

Step 2 Now select the folder

and right click on it, choose

“Properties”. The folder

properties window opens

up. Step 3 On the top of the

window, click on “Sharing”

tab. And select the radio

button “Share this folder”.

Then enter a name for the

share name. Step 4 On the

same window, click on

“Permission” and the

permission window will

come up. The default group

or user names is Everyone,

of course you can add or

remove another group or

user by clicking the “Add”

and “Remove” buttons.

Step 5 In the permissions

box, give proper

permissions to each group

or user: “Read” means to

grant the user to read only,

while “Change” grant to edit

and “Full Control” means

you grant access to read,

edit and delete files within

the shared folder. Step 6

Now to test your work:

from Start, click on Run,

enter the network path to

the folder, normally looks

like this:

pcnamesharedfoldername