Recently installed a program, has a free trial(have this on laptop, it’s safe, good), but noticed it loaded in a public folder. Could I move that folder & contents into my regular user file before or after the trial?
I noticed another program update is in a public folder, I am the sole user of my computers (laptop & tablet), I don’t have a “network”, no one else uses them.
This article is a good introduction to the Public folder and its subfolders. I had wanted to reference a decent, concise article on the Windows Public folder in my blog post about SMB networking, and this is by far the best I came across. I could not find anything by Microsoft itself, which is surprising.
Anyone having issues with public folder not being accessible on a local network since Windows 10 Anniversary Update that rolled out this month – August 2016? Any solutions for that?
See the article ‘How to Access Shared Windows Folders on Android, iPad, and iPhone’ on the How-To Geek Web site. I use ES File Explorer on my Android tablet and smartphone to access the Public folders on my computers.
I may be missing the point entirely, but HOW do I place a folder in the ‘Public Documents’ part of the ‘Documents library’?
Using the ‘Include in Library function always places the folder in the C/users/(my name) part of the library.
They should have just called the “Public” folder “Shared on Network” to avoid all the time I spent trying to share an item on my home network and not knowing how to do it. I have no use for Libraries either.
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Recently installed a program, has a free trial(have this on laptop, it’s safe, good), but noticed it loaded in a public folder. Could I move that folder & contents into my regular user file before or after the trial?
I noticed another program update is in a public folder, I am the sole user of my computers (laptop & tablet), I don’t have a “network”, no one else uses them.
This article is a good introduction to the Public folder and its subfolders. I had wanted to reference a decent, concise article on the Windows Public folder in my blog post about SMB networking, and this is by far the best I came across. I could not find anything by Microsoft itself, which is surprising.
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Anyone having issues with public folder not being accessible on a local network since Windows 10 Anniversary Update that rolled out this month – August 2016? Any solutions for that?
Never mind. I just had to go into advance sharing settings and change some settings there.
How can I access these folders from my phone?
See the article ‘How to Access Shared Windows Folders on Android, iPad, and iPhone’ on the How-To Geek Web site. I use ES File Explorer on my Android tablet and smartphone to access the Public folders on my computers.
I may be missing the point entirely, but HOW do I place a folder in the ‘Public Documents’ part of the ‘Documents library’?
Using the ‘Include in Library function always places the folder in the C/users/(my name) part of the library.
Can I just delete all public folders in Win 7, they just clutter up my file trees and cause confusion !?!
Just remove them from the standard libraries. Not sure if deleting them won’t cause any issues.
They should have just called the “Public” folder “Shared on Network” to avoid all the time I spent trying to share an item on my home network and not knowing how to do it. I have no use for Libraries either.