If you have more than a few resources that you wish to remotely share,
RMTSHARE is the method of choice.
With only a few resources to share, you can:
01. Right-click My Computer and press Manage.
02. Right-click Computer Management (Local) and press Connect to another computer.
03. Double-click the computer whose resources you wish to share, or type its' name into Name.
04. In the right hand pane, double-click System Tools.
05. Double-click Shared Folders.
06. Right-click Shares and press New File Share.
07. You could type C:\Stuff to create a folder on the C: drive named Stuff, or Browse to select a folder.
08. Type the Share name, the name that the folder will be shared as.
09. Optionally, enter a Share description.
10. Press Next and set the share permissions that you require.
11. Press Finish.
12. You will receive: The folder has been shared out successfully for the following clients:, followed by
the client category.
Do you want to create another shared folder?
Respond Yes or No.
NOTE: The RMTSHARE syntax is:
RMTSHARE \\server
\\server\sharename
\\server\sharename=drive:path \[/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED\]
\[/REMARK:"text"\]
\[/GRANT \[user\[:perm\]\[ /GRANT user\[:perm\]\]\]\]
\[/REMOVE user\]
\\server\sharename=printername /PRINTER \[/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED\]
\[/REMARK:"text"\]
\[/GRANT \[user\[:perm\]\[ /GRANT user\[:perm\]\]\]\]
\[/REMOVE user\]
\\server\sharename \[/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED\]
\[/REMARK:"text"\]
\[/GRANT \[user\[:perm\]\[ /GRANT user\[:perm\]\]\]\]
\[/REMOVE user\]
\\server\sharename /DELETE
NOTE: If a sharename or path contains spaces, it should be enclosed in quotes:
\\server\"with space"="c:\with space"
