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Note: You can set 2 different permission levels for each people you selected:
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In this case, I added user Guest and also set the Read permission level. It also won't appear when you select files outside your personal folder.ĩ) File Sharing window will appear, and here you can select or key in the people you would like to share the file/folder with and click Add. Note: If you don't see the Share with menu, you might be trying to share an item on a network or other unsupported location.
#Network file sharing troubleshooting windows#
Click on Save changes at last.Ĩ) Ok! Let’s start to enable file sharing in Windows 7, right click the file or folder you plan to share, select Share with and click on Specific people. Note: You are also advised to enable network discovery too, so your computer can discover and locate other computers.Ħ) Now you can proceed to click on Change advanced sharing settings.ħ) Here you need to locate your current set profile (home or network in this case), and turn on/off following settings. Note: I would also advise you to set the same Workgroup for all computers on the same network in order to ease the file sharing.
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In this case, my network location type is home network. Here you can right click on the network adapter (can be wireless adapter or wired Ethernet adapter) that you are using and click Properties.Ĥ) Your network card’s properties window will appear, then tick File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks if it's not tick, finally click OK.ĥ) Let’s move back to Network and Sharing Center window, make sure you have selected the appropriate network location type before enabling file sharing, mostly home network or work network type. Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.Ģ) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, after that click change adapter settings.ģ) Network Connections window will appear. This is the way to do simple file sharing in Windows 7:ġ) First you need to confirm that you have enabled file and printer sharing on network card. However please don’t enable this simple file sharing when your computer is connected to public network (at library, airport, restaurant, etc), because the other public users can also access the shared file/folder without authentication after you have enabled it.