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viewmontny
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December 8th, 2007 21:00
Can't enable sharing of folders/files
I'm trying to share music files with my XP computer in my basment. When I try to share a folder Vista says "Your folder cannot be shared".
The funny part is the little sharing symbol shows up on the folder afterwards, but when I view the properties, it says not shared. When I diagnose to see if the network is causing issues, it finds nothing wrong.
On another note, I have enabled printer sharing, media sharing and file sharing also. Nothing shows up on the XP computer although the XP shares show up fine in Vista. I've pretty much exhausted my knowledge of networking so I'm reaching out to you guys for help. Does anyone know what might be wrong?
viewmontny
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Posted December 9th, 2007 01:00
Thanks mombodog. It looks like I may be haiving the same problem as the guy in the link you posted. I can create a new folder on my C drive and succesfully share it, but Vista still cannot open it using the network window, nor does it show up on the XP computer. In the Vista network window it states, "windows cannot access \\mycomputer\test folder". It then gives you the option to diagnose your network. I do it, but it does'nt find any problems.So it seems Microsoft is the only one who can correct this problem and I'm not about to pay them $60 for it!
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Posted December 9th, 2007 00:00