sharing individual files in a homegroup
On the Homegroup page here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/homegroup.aspx it says "The new “Share with” menu, meanwhile, provides a speedy way to share individual files."It's pretty obvious how to share entire libraries, but I can't see how you share individual files. If I pick a file on my desktop to share with the homegroup I can't figure out how to access it from the other homegroup computer. Am I missing something?
October 3rd, 2009 3:49am

Hi,The shared individual files on Desktop cannot be accessed via clicking "HomeGroup"=>"Computer Name"=>"Libraries". The "Libraries" folder only showed the documents in the Libraries folder on each machine.If you would like to access the shared individual files on Desktop, we can click Start menu and click Computer. Click Network icon in the left panel and all computers in HomeGroup will be listed in the right panel. Double click the target computer and we can locate the shared files.Thanks,Novak
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October 5th, 2009 12:34pm

Ah I see. You have to drill down the user profile that shared the file and find it in the desktop folder for example. It seems to take a full minute or more before you can view it on other homegroup computers, but it eventually shows up.
November 10th, 2009 2:15am

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