In Windows 7, how does one share files? How to share files in Windows 7

Step one: Synchronize the Workgroup

1. Open in the Start menu, and then as shown in the following figure we right click Computer-Properties;

2. If you want to change the name, we can click "Computer names, Domain and workgroup settings"-"Changes settings" as shown in the following image;

3. Click the "Change" button to enter the following interface;

4. Now we can select or modify the computer name/workgroup name and press OK.

5. Finally reboot your computer

Step Two: Change the related settings for Windows 7

1. Also in the Start menu we found "Control Panel-Network and internet-network and Sharing center-advanced sharing settings" as shown in the following figure;

2. Then we enable network Discovery, file and printer sharing, public folder sharing, and password protected sharing, select Turn off password protection sharing;

Step Three: Shared Object Settings

1. If we want to share a folder now, on the folder to be shared, right-click the "Properties" shown in the following image;

2. Then in the Properties panel we click on "Sharing"-"advanced sharing" as shown in the following figure.

3. In advanced sharing, we first check "Share this folder" and then click "Apply" and "OK" button.

4. If a folder is set to be shared, all of its subfolders will be set to be shared by default.

5. Right-click the folder you want to share, select Properties-Security-edit as shown in the following image.

6. Then we click the "Add" button as shown in the following image.

7. After entering Everyone here, press "OK" to exit as shown in the following figure.

8. Here we give the "everyone" permission, and then the permissions are selected to give everyone the appropriate permissions.

Step four: Firewall settings

1. Fire strong settings is also one of the steps, if you are off the fire-proof strong will not need to set up here, if the set method is not closed in the Control panel-system and secure-windows firewall to ensure that "file and Printer Sharing" is allowed state.

Step five: view shared files

1. In the computer Start menu we found "control Panel" "Network and the Internet" "View network computers and Devices" "(corresponding computer/device name)" can be.

Cloud Habitat Community Small series prompts you: Shared files must be in the same domain of the same workgroup, otherwise this file sharing method can not achieve file sharing oh.