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More info?)
Galen
Both systems are XP Pro and have SFS disabled.
Your approach does not allow access over the network to the program files
foldereven though the folder has the sharing icon displayed. I think that it
has something to do with ppermissions but i cannot find appropriate entry in
policies etc to allow this access.
Access is needed for a special program which is resident in this folder and
cannot be moved to a separate folder outside the program files folder
"Galen" wrote:
> In news:39FD3E11-FBC2-4E4A-985A-A3D817B8A1FC@microsoft.com,
> malcolm <malcolm@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > Can anyone please advise as to how i can access the program files
> > folder over a local area network.
> >
> > both systems are Windows Xp Pro /SP2 with all updates installed
> >
> > Both computers have only one user with full? adfministrator privilages
>
> I'm not sure why you'd want to share that particular folder but (assuming
> you have Simple File Sharing enabled and you likely do, it's much easier for
> most home networking situations) here's how: Open My Computer, navigate to
> the Program Files on your system drive > right click the folder > click
> Sharing and Security > share the folder. I'm not even sure you can give
> access to that folder but I'm pretty sure you can. I've never actually tried
> that of course.
>
> Galen
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