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Is there any way to share files to another computer without sharing them with other users on the first (on Windows XP home)? I want to share files under my user account with my laptop, but I don’t want to share with everyone. Thanks
With XP Home as the server, you can’t do what you’re wanting to do. I have an alternative for you, however.
Have your files somewhere in c:documents and settingsyour_user_name, right-click on the folder and select “sharing and security”. Put a check in the box for “make this folder private”.
The next step will be running an FTP server. I suggest FileZilla because it’s free, works well and is very user-friendly. I made the switch from Serv-U and haven’t looked back. You’ll need a client and a server. You could use IE as the client, but its FTP support is absolutely awful, so my recommendation is to get an actual FTP client. I use FileZilla for that now as well; I switched from SmartFTP and haven’t looked back there either.
Filezilla Server download: download FileZilla_Server-0_9_22.exe
Filezilla Client download: download FileZilla_2_2_29_setup.exeHave you done any FTP stuff before?
No, I haven’t done anything with FTP before, but I think I’ve set it up correctly. I set it to allow me to read files from two different drives, but I can only view files from the one set as the home directory. How can I view the other drive? Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.
Is the other drive a network drive? That doesn’t work…I couldn’t get it to work with any other server program either…there was one way to do it, but it was very technical and screwed up other parts of the FTP access.
If it’s just another drive on that one computer:
FileZilla FAQ wrote:How do aliases work?
Let’s assume you have two shared folders: c:ftproot is your homedir and d:myfiles is the second one.
In order to display an alias to d:myfiles in your homedir, add /myalias as alias in the second column to the right of d:myfiles. A new folder with the name myalias will appear in your homedir with the contents of d:myfilesSo, basically, on the user screen where you added the other drive, double-click in the column to the right. If the left-hand column is “C:blah”, I would set the right-hand column to “/blah” just so that it’s easy to know I’m accessing the blah folder. If you don’t see the folder when you logon on your client-side, hit F5 to refresh OR…just restart FileZilla client. I prefer the latter so that all cache is cleared for all accounts.
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Yeah, it was on the same computer. I was sort of confused at first, but I got it working after a little bit. Thanks.
Awesome. You’re very welcome; I’m happy to have helped 🙂
And now that you’re getting familiar with FTP, you can set it up so that you can access files when you’re away from home. You just need to forward port 21 on your router to that computer running the FTP server. You can either use your IP address, or you can sign up for a free redirecting service. dyndns.org & no-ip.com are the two that I and friends use. I can’t recommend other services because I haven’t used them nor do I personally know someone that has used a different site.
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