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Click the down-arrow button on the Public Folder Sharing line to display the
options.
Select the Turn On Sharing So Anyone With Network Access Can Open,
Change, And Create Files option button if you want other network users to
be able to work with files in the shared folder. If you want to let them view
the files but not change them, select the Turn On Sharing So Anyone With
Network Access Can Open Files option button.
Click the Apply button, and then go through User Account Control for the
Network And Sharing Center program (if you are using User Account Control).
Windows applies the sharing.
Click the Close button to close the Network And Sharing Center window.
Windows Vista sometimes loses track of shared Public folders. If this happens, try restarting the
PC that??™s sharing the Public folder that has vanished. If that doesn??™t help, try restarting the PC
that??™s unable to see the shared folder.
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Use the Sharing And
Discovery controls in
the Network And
Sharing Center window
to share your PC??™s
Public folder with other
users of your network.
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Step 12: Connect to a Shared Folder
Once you??™ve shared a folder from one PC, you can connect another PC to it easily.
To connect to a shared folder in Windows Vista, follow these steps:
Choose Start | Network to open a Network window showing all the PCs on
the network.
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