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How to See if a Folder is Shared in Windows 10

How to See if a Folder is Shared in Windows 10

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Summary by Helpdeskgeek com • Positive Energy on Youtube • Published 12 years ago

Why did they have to make it so complicated?

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Starting with Windows 7 and Windows 8/10, Microsoft removed the feature where the folder icon would change when you shared a folder, so you could immediately see that the folder was shared.

Instead, they moved this information to the Details pane, which appears at the bottom of Windows Explorer in Windows 7. This makes it difficult to find the shared folders on your PC.

In Windows 8 it's pretty bad too! Even if you select the folder, the Details window doesn't even tell you that it's being shared! Instead, you have to click on the Sharing tab on the ribbon interface and if it says "Stop Sharing" that means the folder is currently being shared. What a royal pain!