ok I feel kidna stupid now, right after I posted that I figured out how to
get around it. You can't use the "share" link. But if you goto properties
then use "advanced sharing" it shares the old way.
But I think most people will use the new wizard and this \\users sharing is
stupid.
"Canadaka" wrote:
> This is REALLY crappy, I am so frustrated with this, I really do not see the
> purpose.
> I have an existing Windows Media Center 2005 that I want to share my Music,
> Pictures and Video folders to from my Vista Desktop.
>
> But when I share the "Music" folder for example it shares as
> \\desktop\\users\may\music
>
> WHYYYYYYY! what is wrong with \\desktop\\music
> And when using the MCE2005 interface to add a folder on the network it does
> not show up! Only \\users shows up, so you can't add it. Sure you can add
> \\users but then you always have an extra step in navigating. The same is for
> the pictures and video.
>
> There must be a way around this? I've been trying, but can't find a way yet.
>
> "Michael A. Bishop (MSFT)" wrote:
>
> > Sharing a folder under the Users hierarchy does cause the hierarchy to
> > appear, but does NOT share all files under Users. If you don't want to
> > navigate through the folder structure, place the shared folder outside of
> > Users.
> >
> > "Cornflakes" <> a écrit dans le message
> > de news:35A31FE3-C960-4A0A-8918-...
> > > Hi There,
> > >
> > > I have windows vista Home Premium. When I share a folder on my desktop
> > > called "Music" windows also for some reason automatically shares the
> > > "users"
> > > folder on the c drive is there a way I can stop this from happening so
> > > only
> > > the folder I want to share gets shared ?
> > >
> > > Please help.... Thanks
> >
> >
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