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Old 08-14-2014
How to access folders of another machine?

Hi,

How to access another machine's folder? say for example there are 2 machines .One machine name is 'A' and another machine name is 'B'.

I am using A machine and i want to access folders of B machine.How to access another machines folders ?

Both machines are Windows machine

Thanks
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Old 08-14-2014
1) Right click on The folder u want to access
2) Click on sharing and security
3) Click on share this folder
4) Click Maximum allowed or Number of users allowed
5) Click on Permissions to give permissions to other users as per your requirement.

Note: This both machines should be on same network
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Old 08-14-2014
Machine B will have to offer them (server), and machine A will have to access them (client)

Makarand Dodmis has described the process for the server, but this may be specific to the Windows version. Can you tell us what versions the Server and the Client are running?

Once the server is sharing, we need to tell the client to connect and then this will appear as another disk as you look on your client.

Have a look at this search for more help.




Robin
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Old 08-15-2014
Hi Makarand,

Thanks for your steps.
Quote:
This both machines should be on same network
How to verify both machines are on same network ?

Once i follow the steps you have given , how to access the folder ( Target machine) from my machine ?

Hi Robin,
Quote:
Can you tell us what versions the Server and the Client are running
Windows 7

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Regards,
Maddy

Last edited by Maddy123; 08-15-2014 at 10:17 AM..
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Old 08-15-2014
You can acces the folder from you machine as follows
  1. Go to Start
  2. Go to Run
  3. put \\Shared_folder and Enter
Here "Shared_folder" is your shared foldername.

To check whether both Machines are on same network
  1. Go to Start
  2. Go to My Network Places
  3. Click on entire network
  4. Here both Machine Names should be present.

Last edited by rbatte1; 08-15-2014 at 10:22 AM.. Reason: Deleted unnecessary formatting/colours and converted text lists to an actual lists.
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Old 08-15-2014
Hi Makarand,

Thanks for your steps.Will follow the same and come back if i have further query.on this.

Regards,
Maddy
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