Friday, August 7, 2009

Share a Hidden Folder

If we connected to a network where we want to share some resource with some people but not all of them. SO it is advisable to hide folder that you wish to share on the network . Authentic user user who need to access the folder need to know entire path of the folder. hiding a folder on network does not completely prevent unwanted user from accessing but its good to do considering security.
Step 1.
Right click the appropriate folder select "Properties".
Step 2.
Click "Advanced Sharing".
Step 3.
In Share name" text box simply append the'$' to folder name.
Step 4.
Once done Click 'OK'

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