In WinXP, is it possible to share a drive and all the folders in the drive?

[rnmcd]

I am able to share the drive but I would like to be able to share all of the folders in one-fell-swoop...is this possible?

 

[xSauronx]

i always thought that if you shared the root drive, all folders were considered shared...

im hoping youre not trying to share youre entire main drive, and that its just some media/data drive or some such, but im pretty sure by sharing the drive itself all folders become available

 

[rnmcd]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i always thought that if you shared the root drive, all folders were considered shared...

im hoping youre not trying to share youre entire main drive, and that its just some media/data drive or some such, but im pretty sure by sharing the drive itself all folders become available

I'm only trying to share a second hard drive that has only data on it.


It seems that I have to enable sharing on each folder separately.

 

[spanky]

i was able to share all my folders and files by sharing just the drive. hmm... i dunno whats up with ur OS. i dunno if it makes a difference, but i have simple file sharing enabled.

 

[rnmcd]

Well to fix it I disabled then re-enabled file sharing for the drive. Then I disconnected then remapped the drive....now it works.

I am wondering if I just clicked "OK" instead of apply the first time I went through the sharing process.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Tal]

On Winxp I don't think that shares "everything" I think stuff under c:\documents and settings\<username> doesn't get shared.... maybe a few others. You may have to add some folders if you want that stuff. -TAL

 

[Smilin]

It's already shared. The share is just hidden. Do start | run and type this:

\\<your computer name here>\<your drive letter here>$

See??