File sharing in xp home

18 Dec 2005 5:51 PM

surfeer

I cannot share the subfolders in program files in xp home ssp2
I understand that file sharing is not possible on the program folder or
windoz folder in xp home ssp2. although I do note that it is available on one
of my machines which has not not had ssp2 instaslled and is running xp home.
My question is two fold
(1) Can i get round the proble of not being abkle to share program
folder.(the suggested get round of starting up in safe modw with networking
-doesn't work)
(2) If I have to live with not being able to share the full prgram folder.
why can i nit share the sub folders even when i have ticked the share box in
the sharing template.

I can see and access all other folders in the normal way on the network

18 Dec 2005 11:45 PM

Philip Ashley

have you considered using ftp?
i use filezilla server and client for all transfers
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla

hth

philip ashley

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"surfeer" <surf***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I cannot share the subfolders in program files in xp home ssp2
> I understand that file sharing is not possible on the program folder
> or
> windoz folder in xp home ssp2. although I do note that it is available
> on one
> of my machines which has not not had ssp2 instaslled and is running xp
> home.
> My question is two fold
> (1) Can i get round the proble of not being abkle to share program
> folder.(the suggested get round of starting up in safe modw with
> networking
> -doesn't work)
> (2) If I have to live with not being able to share the full prgram
> folder.
> why can i nit share the sub folders even when i have ticked the share
> box in
> the sharing template.
>
> I can see and access all other folders in the normal way on the
> network

19 Dec 2005 8:48 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <DBEAE440-E07E-45ED-865B-10D93513D***@microsoft.com>,
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"surfeer" <surf***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I cannot share the subfolders in program files in xp home ssp2
>I understand that file sharing is not possible on the program folder or
>windoz folder in xp home ssp2. although I do note that it is available on one
>of my machines which has not not had ssp2 instaslled and is running xp home.
>My question is two fold
>(1) Can i get round the proble of not being abkle to share program
>folder.(the suggested get round of starting up in safe modw with networking
>-doesn't work)
>(2) If I have to live with not being able to share the full prgram folder.
>why can i nit share the sub folders even when i have ticked the share box in
>the sharing template.
>
>I can see and access all other folders in the normal way on the network

All versions of Windows XP should allow you to share subfolders in
Program Files. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the computer that
won't share folders properly. That might fix the problem.

If it doesn't, what exactly happens when you try to share subfolders
in Program Files? What tells you that they aren't shared?

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