How to Enable Public Folder Sharing in Windows 10

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Andrew Wise

Windows comes with a set of folders which are designed to share your documents with other users. Windows 10 comes with the following set of folders:

  1. C:\Users\Public\Public Documents
  2. C:\Users\Public\Public Downloads
  3. C:\Users\Public\Public Music
  4. C:\Users\Public\Public Pictures
  5. C:\Users\Public\Public Videos

Documents you put in these folders are accessible by other users and by other computers on your network. Public folder sharing is a useful and easy-to-use way to share your files, but they are disabled by default. Here is how to enable it.

Here is How to Enable Public Folder Sharing in Windows 10:

  • STEP 1: At first, open the Control Panel app.
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  • STEP 2: Then go to Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center.
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  • STEP 3: After that, on the left pane click on the link Change advanced sharing setting.
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  • STEP 4: Now expand the All Networks section on the next page.
    windows-10-expand-all-networks
  • STEP 5: At last, enable the option Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders under Public folder sharing section.
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  • Andrew Wise

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