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3. Click OK.
If all went well, the other computer’s window opens, presenting
you with the icons of its shared folders and disks.
Tip
Working with the same shared folders often? Save yourself a lot of time and burrowing—make a
desktop shortcut of it right now!
Once you’ve opened the window that contains the shared folder, grab your mouse. Right-click the
shared item and drag it to the desktop. When you release the mouse, choose “Create shortcuts
here” from the shortcut menu. From now on, you can double-click that shortcut to open the shared
item directly.
Once you’ve brought a networked folder onto your screen, you can double-
click icons to open them, drag them to the Recycle Bin, make copies of
them, and otherwise manipulate them exactly as though they were icons on
your own hard drive. (Of course, if you weren’t given permission to change
the contents of the shared folder, you’ll have less freedom.)
