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Shared Folders Hiding with $

If you want you can share a folder so that other users on your network can access it easily.

However, you may be worried about displaying the folder for anyone to browse through.

There is an easy way to render a shared folder invisible, but still accessible.

From the shared folder dialog:

(Right click on desired folder\sharing and security\).

( You may have to select not to use the Wizard first then follow the procedure )

You can hide a shared folder by simply adding a ʹ$ʹ to the end of the name you give the folder in the ʹsharing and securityʹ window.

In this way, you can maintain network access to shared folders, while hiding them from prying eyes.

To browse to a hidden shared folder from another computer:‐

Click ʹStart/Runʹ then type and in the box type :‐ **\\ ( name [ Where the name is the name of the computer the share is on])\(sharename$[ Where sharename is the name of the folder ] )**

Then all you do is press Enter.

There it is all ready to open and view