Sharing files from the Public folder

The Public folder allows you to share your files with other people using your computer or with other users in the network.

To share files from the Public folder:

1.Click > Documents.

2.From Favorite Links in the navigation pane, click Public. Put any files or folders that you want to share into any subfolders in the Public folder.

To restrict access to the files and folders in the Public folder, refer to the succeeding sections.

To restrict a user’s access to the Public folder:

You can turn on the password-protected sharing function to restrict access to the Public folder only to people with user accounts and passwords on your computer.

1.Click > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center to launch the Network and Sharing Center.

2.From the Password protected sharing dropdown list, select Turn on password protected sharing.

3.When done, click Apply.

To set the user’s access level to the Public folder:

1.Click > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center to launch the Network and Sharing Center.

2.From the Public folder sharing dropdown list, select any of these three options:

•Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files

•Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open, change, and create files

•Turn off sharing (people logged on to this computer can still access this folder)

3.When done, click Apply.

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