You can easily share files between nearby PCs and Laptops over the network. By doing this, there is no need to waste your time by copying the content to a pen drive from one computer and pasting it to another.
This feature on Windows PCs is extremely useful for small and large businesses alike.
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How to share files between nearby PCs or Laptops in Windows:
To share files between nearby Computers or Laptops in Windows, do the following:
Click Control Panel to launch computer settings Window
On the right-hand side, select Change advanced sharing settings.
Change advanced sharing settings
If you want to share files and printers for people on the network, then also “Turn on file and printer sharing“.
Under “Network discovery”, Turn on network discovery
And also “Turn on automatic setup of network-connected devices.“
If you want to share files and printers to access by people on the network, then also “Turn on file and printer sharing“.
Turn on or off Advanced sharing settings
Then “Turn on network discovery.“
Then “Turn on network discovery“
If you want to share files and printers to access by people on the network, then also “Turn on file and printer sharing“.
Turn on or off Guest or public profiles.
Now expand “All networks“
Make sure to “Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders“
Under File sharing connections, make sure “Use 128-bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections (Recommended)“
Make sure to “Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders.
And click “Save changes“
Now close the “Advanced sharing settings” window.
Turn on or off Public folder sharing
Now select the folder you want to share on the second PC and press “Shift+F10“, or Right-click on Folder, then click to expand “Show more options“, then hover over “Give access to,” and then select “Specific people.“
Select the folder you want to share and press Shift+F10
Click the drop-down arrow to find someone to share with
Choose people to share with
Choose people and click “Add“
Add people to share with
If you are an administrator, add an administrator account and select “Owner” under permission level, regardless of permission levels.
If you choose family or another user’s account, select the permission level (Read/Write) to access your file on another computer or laptop.
Then click “Share“
Choosing permission levels
After clicking “Share,” as explained above in the last step, we will navigate to the following window: Keep these windows open to share the file path, which is selected with the red rectangle, with another PC or Laptop.
Enter the link in the other PC to share files between nearby PCs
Start transferring Files Between a laptop and a desktop PC:
Then click Ok.”
Enter the same file path as described in the above screenshot of the 1st PC in the following run command of the 2nd PC or laptop.
Then click “Ok”
Enter the link in the Run command on the second PC
After clicking on “Ok“, the following file or folder of the 1st PC or laptop will open on the 2nd PC.
In the below screenshot, 1 to 3 represent the navigation menu, and the 4th are the items that are kept in the file or folder.
