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by xinman

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Is there a way to create a hidden share on a Win9x machine?

Thank you.

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by xinman

There's got to be a way to do it without third party software... That's what I'm looking for....

by blackcurrant

Hi

You can create a hidden share by adding $ to the end of the sharename. Therefore, in the share dialog box you might be sharing a folder called personal, to hide it add $ to the end of it thus:

Personal$

There you go.

by xinman

It hides it from the network but I want it so that it doesn't show up on the host system as being shared.

by xinman

So that the host system doesn't show the hand over the drive or folder that you are sharing.

by joseph moore

Well, if you want to hide the hand symbol that appears on any shared folder, please read this article:

"The hand icon used to represent a shared folder is embedded within ntshrui.dll for Windows NT or msshrui.dll for Windows 9x. With the following registry hack, you can control whether the icon is used or not.
Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: Network\SharingHandler
Type: REG_SZ

The SharingHandler key's default value defines whether the icon is displayed. Set the default to blank and noicon will be displayed. Set it to the appropriate dll and you will get the standard hand icon. "

So, apply this Registry hack and the hand symbol will not be used. That way, if someone looks at the folder list in Windows Explorer, they won't see that a folder is being shared.

hope this helps

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