Windows 10 and 8.1 Advanced Sharing Files And Folders Tutorial

In Windows 10 (also windows 8.1 and earlier) it is advisable to use precise sharing methods that ensure that only what is intended to be shared is shared and only those who are allowed to access such are able to do so. The following video shows how to setup file and folder sharing using the advanced sharing window, PowerShell and also by using the computer management snap-in.

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Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors)

Hi today were gonna have a quick look at the advanced sharing settings and how to find green sharing okay we get to this basically click on their side. They manage advanced sharing settings and that opens up that window okay now. It basically gives you the option to set for private and then a public location, and all networks. Okay. So, for example, when you are connected to your home network. Basically network discovery and file and printer sharing okay windows to manage the HomeGroup connections, which is the okay when you are like a coffee shop in an airport or whatever the guest or public section of the might turn off network discovery turn off file and printer sharing okay is a safe okay. You know what someone in an airport logging into your computer and accessing your stuff okay in all networks. Basically you are turning on sharing your having basically encryption and at least hundred 28 bits. Okay, add new training a password protected sharing how do we share a folder, let us a new folder okay with this new folder will be little file in a text file. Okay, that is fine. Okay, so we right click on that and we can share with okay. We can click stop sharing or we can create sharing with the HomeGroup as we had demonstrated a previously HomeGroup or with specific people only okay now by default dates. The owner that is added like a mad man for K add okay, and now you can allow them to read write administrators have a little bit of access. On top of that, okay, and then if there are any other users that are here you can create, you can add them to as well. Okay, and then you click share. So that is basically shared like a the link can be sent to someone you can send an email based deny email or a Word document. For example, and I am is done, I quickly guided on what you want to see over here is basically see all the shares okay and and basically that is the shared folders users public okay, but you might one and now do is click done. That done, but you might want to do is basically see using PowerShell okay PowerShell can wear beautiful thing to send PO if found PowerShell okay once were in PowerShell we can use the happy PowerShell command get SM the share and that should show us all the shares sell upon the computer's basically hundred dollars. See dollar IPsec dollar and the sea users folder okay, which will go over here users and that is shared okay. We might one obviously removes certain shares remove SMB share and then we can get rid of users a yes to all and that sorted now if we were to Get-SmbShare, you can see, we have removed the users future should administrative tools will get us there. That is good enough. Whoops computer management close about the "them and we can look at our shared folders. Okay, which folders out there. What shares are there okay. We can also use this over here to create a new share type basically FolderPath on a desktop new folder that stand next. Given a description if we want to case and the off-line settings and then click finish all users have read access administrators, customers permissions can basically select user username okay of the Cisco for users with simple gap and users, we can deny them read okay. Or we can 11 to change files full control, basing his all permissions okay will give them okay and then click finish that stand okay and we can see what shared over there who either stop sharing it. Okay, you have basically stop sharing, et cetera as we had before. Okay, hopefully the view menu an idea into the various ways to share and stop sharing a in windows 10 the same techniques can be used in windows 8.1 windows eight and windows server as well. Thank you for watching.