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Geek Culture / XP Folder Sharing

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Programmer Holic
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Posted: 21st Aug 2004 19:58
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me and my dad share a USB stick we have. usually it goes in my pc (because my USB ports are easier to get to than his ), then he copies his files over the network to it. this works fine, but obviously i need to share the drive so he can do this. the annoying thing is, the next time i plug the stick in i have to retick all the boxes and set it up as shared again, ie it loses the sharing data. is there any way to have this automatic so it's always shared when plugged in? (It's always the F drive if thats any help)
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 21st Aug 2004 20:02
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I dont think so...


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Killswitch
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Posted: 21st Aug 2004 20:25
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Write a quick ap that does it for you?

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Programmer Holic
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Posted: 21st Aug 2004 20:58
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Been trying, but can't find any VB code for it yet...
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Posted: 21st Aug 2004 21:45
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you dont need vb code, you can make a batch that does it.

here is an example that makes sure the system default shares are in place...

@ECHO OFF
CD\
NET SHARE C$=C:\
NET SHARE D$=D:\
NET SHARE ADMIN$
NET SHARE IPC$

(you can remove D$ line if you dont have a hdd as D)

now add whatever share you need, for example
NET SHARE DadsStuff=C:\somefolder\somesubfolder\blah

alternatively, I have a gui that allows you to opn and close shares by generating and executing bat files on the fly. I always close all of my default shares when I boot up. It makes use of .net and WMI objects to report all of the currently opened shares on the system.



if you want the app I will post it up on my server.


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Programmer Holic
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2004 18:46
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OK tired that, but every time I reboot the share needs setting up again. And to make things worse, unless the stick is in the pc the share command doesnt work, hence I cant put it in any autorun file

Seems like I'm going to have to use a VB program to do it now.
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