How to access shared folder without giving username and password

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Snehanjali Sahoo picture Snehanjali Sahoo · Aug 26, 2013 · Viewed 338.9k times · Source

I have shared one folder to "Everyone" on a machine 1 and trying to access the folder from another machine 2. It is asking for username and password of the machine 1. I am accessing the share folder from Run>//shared folder path.

I am using Windows 7 machines.

Is there any way that i can access the shared folder without giving any username and password.

Answer

Snehanjali Sahoo picture Snehanjali Sahoo · Aug 28, 2013

I found one way to access the shared folder without giving the username and password.

We need to change the share folder protect settings in the machine where the folder has been shared.

Go to Control Panel > Network and sharing center > Change advanced sharing settings > Enable Turn Off password protect sharing option.

By doing the above settings we can access the shared folder without any username/password.

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