Accessing shared files and printers
Posted on 09 March 2021 02:42 pm
- In the search box in the Windows taskbar, enter two backslashes followed by the IP address of the computer with the shares you want to access (for example \\192.168.10.20)
- Press Enter.
- Now a window displaying all of the shares on the remote computer opens.
- If you want to configure a folder as a network drive, right-click it and select "Map network drive..." from the context menu. If the option "Map network drive..." is not displayed:
- Click "This PC" in the navigation area on the left side, and then click "Computer" in the menu bar.
- Click "Map network drive...".
- Enter the path to the folder you want to map as a network drive in the "Folder" field.