Determining Win98 Network Share Points

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Peter Crickman

Hi,

I have setup a number of folders on my Win 98 machine to be shared on my
home network. When logged into my Win 98 machine, how do you determine
which source folders (on the C: drive) are tied to each of these shares that
are listed in Network Neighborhood? The properties tab doesn't show any of
this information.

TIA for any help,
Peter
 
Hi,

I have setup a number of folders on my Win 98 machine to be shared on my
home network. When logged into my Win 98 machine, how do you determine
which source folders (on the C: drive) are tied to each of these shares that
are listed in Network Neighborhood? The properties tab doesn't show any of
this information.

TIA for any help,
Peter
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From Command Prompt (DOS Prompt), type "net share".


Chuck
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"net share" does not appear to be a valid command at the DOR prompt for the
Win 98 computing environment. I was able to use "net view <computername>",
but it does show the original folder names for each share - only a list of
the shares themselves.
 
Peter said:
"net share" does not appear to be a valid command at the DOR prompt for the
Win 98 computing environment. I was able to use "net view <computername>",
but it does show the original folder names for each share - only a list of
the shares themselves.
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net use \\computername\foldername
 
insurrection said:
net use \\computername\foldername
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I think I am not explaining my question very clearly. I have designated a
number of folders to be shared on my Win 98 machine by using the Properties
dialog (in Explorer) and clicking on the Sharing tab and finally clicking on
the "Shared folder as" option. These share names are displayed when I
execute the "net view <98 computer name>" command at a DOS prompt and also
are listed when I bring up the Network Neighborhood display for the
<computername>. The only shares that are listed when I execute the "net use
//<computername>" are mapped drives that I have designated for another
computer on the network. Neither of these commands show me the actual local
drive folder name that was used as the host folder for the sharename.

Peter
 
I think I am not explaining my question very clearly. I have designated a
number of folders to be shared on my Win 98 machine by using the Properties
dialog (in Explorer) and clicking on the Sharing tab and finally clicking on
the "Shared folder as" option. These share names are displayed when I
execute the "net view <98 computer name>" command at a DOS prompt and also
are listed when I bring up the Network Neighborhood display for the
<computername>. The only shares that are listed when I execute the "net use
//<computername>" are mapped drives that I have designated for another
computer on the network. Neither of these commands show me the actual local
drive folder name that was used as the host folder for the sharename.
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Peter,

I see your point.

C:\Documents and Settings\Computer1>net view \\Computer1
Shared resources at \\Computer1

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CDrive Disk
Data Disk X:
Dnload 2002 Disk
Dnload 2003 Disk V:
NWC Disk N:
Quarantine Disk Q:
SharedDocs Disk


C:\Documents and Settings\Computer1>net share

Share name Resource Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC
C$ C:\ Default share
ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
CDrive C:\
Data C:\Data
Dnload 2002 C:\Dnload 2002
Dnload 2003 C:\Dnload 2003
NWC C:\NWC
Quarantine C:\Quarantine
SharedDocs C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS.WINDOWS\DOCUMENTS


"Net Share" gives you the complete path of each folder shared. "Net
View \\Computer" only lists the share names. Yet another reason why
the Win9x/ME product line sucks even more than the WinNT/2K/XP product
line.

My sympathies to you. I bought my mother an ME based computer last
year - and regretted it this year - when I visited her - for many
reasons. She, unfortunately, will understand none of them.

Cheers,

Chuck
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Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
I think I am not explaining my question very clearly. I have designated a
number of folders to be shared on my Win 98 machine by using the Properties
dialog (in Explorer) and clicking on the Sharing tab and finally clicking on
the "Shared folder as" option. These share names are displayed when I
execute the "net view <98 computer name>" command at a DOS prompt and also
are listed when I bring up the Network Neighborhood display for the
<computername>. The only shares that are listed when I execute the "net use
//<computername>" are mapped drives that I have designated for another
computer on the network. Neither of these commands show me the actual local
drive folder name that was used as the host folder for the sharename.
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The information is in the registry in the subkeys of
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\LanMan


Jim.
 
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