WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, connect to either computer by using the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name.
To connect to a computer by using the UNC name, click
Start, click
Run, and then type
\\computer name in the
Open box (where
computer name is the name of your computer.
To locate your computer name:
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Network.
- Click the Identification tab. Your computer name is listed in the first box.
You can also access a file on a computer by typing the location of the file in UNC format.
To specify a file in UNC format, use the following syntax:
\\computer name\share name\path\file name
For example, to gain access to a file named Report.xls in the Current\Month folder on a share named "Documents" on a computer named "Sales," type the
following:
\\sales\documents\current\month\report.xls
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