public folder

When I click into C: Drive>Users> I have Public and Phil. I presume that the Phil folder points to the folder with all the My Pictures etc in. But I cannot access it. It says it is a file and not a folder. I checked on my mums computer as she has windows 7, and if i click into the users folder...

I have added a new laptop to my network something is wrong with the login Credentials to connect to my desktop so I have tried to remove the connection from both machines cannot. have used Credential Manager. uninstalled drivers renamed work-group changed computer names, passwords but as soon as...

Hi, I am very in-experienced with the networking center of Windows 7. I turned on Public Folder sharing but I cannot get my client computer to connect to the Public Folder stored on the host computer. When I type in //(COMPUTER NAME HERE) it brings me a box with a message. The first few...

Hello all, I have 3 Windows 7 computers set up with a home group. I started by putting all the photos into the Public Pictures folder on one of them so that all pictures for the family would be in one place. This worked great - anybody could add pictures and everyone could see them...

I have read and followed a lot of posts to no avail. specifically I have followed the advice in "Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP - How-To Geek" and "How to make Windows 7 work with older Windows versions for networking and file sharing" - both machines are in the same...

Hello. I'm very new to Win7, and this is my first time here at this forum. I just upgraded from XP about a week ago. I was wondering if Win7 has a Documents and Settings folder similar to XP. I go to Windows Explorer>C:\>Users. When I double click on Users, I see three folders, one is...

I've followed the help and support instructions for redirected my user folders to a new location, which works. I have a problem redirecting the public folders to a new location. When I open the properties window for public folders then I can open the Location tab, but the buttons (Restore...

my Windows 7 pro 64-bit and Windows XP machines are connected via a netgear gs605 switch which then connect to a netgear wpn824v2 router to the internet. Both Machines can find each other if I type \\machinename into explorer and files are then accessible by both. I guess I should be happy that...

Just recently got a laptop w/ win 7. have 2 user profiles. We discovered the public desktop icons when I deleted a bunch of icons off my desktop and it affected my husbands as well. But just today when he logged on, he was missing only 4 icons, 1 of which is from the public folder, the others...

Hi Guys, I have a Zensonic Network Media Player which I'm having trouble getting it to see the Windows 7 shares and I believe the problem is with Windows 7. Basically all the Zensonic unit does is look at anything on the network in the same workgroup and then shows any shared drives. I have...

I deleted all my Public Folders. They were empty. I want them back. What can I do? Plese help save me from my stupidaty!! Thanks!

I had stored Public pictures, music and video on a USB external drive prior to upgrading. Since upgrading last night the folders exist on C drive and on USB drive but they appear empty of files. The drive still seems "full" but I can't get at the files through Win7 (or Vista or XP when I attach...

Ok I have 3 Pc's running Win 7 Premium. A laptop, a gaming pc and a media center pc. I have gone through each computer and shared my documents so i can move around video files/pictures/music to any pc from any pc, but for some reason I can't do it between all of the pc's. I can see the...

Hi I actually fixed this problem while writing this, fix at the bottom! I have got Windows 7 Ultimate installed on a laptop. Everything works fine except for Media Player 12. I have two log ons, one for me (Admin rights) and one for the kids (standard user). They kids can open Media player...

Hello I would like to relocate my home directory, se blow From C:\Users\Public to D:\Users\Public and from C:\Users\Fredrik to D:\Users\Fredrik When I create a new user can I automaticly have his/her home directory at D:\users\My_New_Users_Name? Best Regards Fredrik Andersson I use Windows...

I have a homegroup set up for Computer1. Computer2 is on domain so it can only connection to Computer1's homegroup and not create it's own. That is fine Computer2 is able to join the homegroup and see the shared files. It can't however see the files in Computer1's libraries that are located...

Setting share files and printers seems to not be as easy as it was in XP and Vista. I tried all the forums so far and have not found the trick. With all options tried in Windows 7 as the forums state, one can not see the other non Windows 7 pc in a home that worked fine prior to Win7 with same...

I just loaded my desktop machine with Win7. While it was an XP machine I was able to share with all computers including Macs in my house by setting everyone to the same WORKGROUP. I connect the desktop to a WiFi router via Ethernet cable and all others connect via WiFi. I have turned on file...

Hello! I can't share files between my laptop and my desktop PC, but I can open and share files with an old computer with XP on the same network. I tried all that I can think off, troubleshooting network, trying homegroups, re installing Windows, router, share settings, I did a couple of fixes...

I have a small home network all running on Vista64 Ultimate and use the 'Public' folders for file sharing. Today, I have upgraded one PC to Win7 64 Ultimate and find I am unable to share the 'Public' folder on its own. In order to share the 'Public' folder, I find that I have to share the...