http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/shortcut-to-local-file-available-over-network/ Fri, 24 May 2013 01:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/shortcut-to-local-file-available-over-network/#comment-112841 TomLiotta Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:31:31 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/shortcut-to-local-file-available-over-network/#comment-112841 I’m not sure what is being asked. That’s how things work for me naturally. No “setup” needed.
 
I used WinXP Pro to create a shortcut on a network drive, then checked properties from this laptop and opened the file fine.
 
In my case, this is on a segment of my home network. There is no significant “setup” that was done for these devices. It’s simple workgroup networking on this segment for these three devices — the WinXP, the network drive and this laptop.
 
So, maybe it’s not an issue of “setup”, but rather of lack of restrictions. I haven’t done any significant testing since it worked on the first simple test.
 
Tom

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