See More Files And Folders On Another Network Computer

If you have two machines that both are running Windows Vista or later, follow these steps:

1. Connect the two computers so that they are seen on the network

2. Open a command prompt

3. Type:

mklink /d /j C:\Users\(Name) C:\

*Replace (Name) with whatever you want and substitute the second C with the drive you want to see

4. Use the other machine

5. Open Windows Explorer

6. Click Network (on the left)

7. Open the computer with the (Name) folder

8. Open the "Users" folder

9. Open the (Name) folder (you now have access to another machine's folders and files)

Typically, you can only see the "Users" folder of the other computer linked to your network. Please spread the news about this tip.

 

Rather than making a junction on top of the user's home folder, why not just use the hidden \\host\c$ administrative share? It's easy peasy to enable.

 

The registry of Windows may be more dangerous than a command prompt. You must "enable file sharing in the network and sharing center", "make sure that your firewall settings will allow sharing", and finally "map to the C$ share" as stated in Enable Mapping to \\Hostname\C$ Share on Windows 7 or Vista after applying the registry tweak. In addition, my method allows you to access other drives besides the C drive if you have multiple Windows partitions.