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Sharespace is supported by Microsoft Windows. However, as M.S. Windows does not use a single unified root file-system the way UNIX does some things are slightly different.

Accessing Sharespace Folder

On Windows, Sharespace is available as a CIFS shared folder. This means that on Windows, Sharespace can be accessed from the "Network" section of My Computer. See Illustration at right. The username and password are both the word "smbguest".

Network Drive Mapping

For your convenience, we suggest right-clicking the folder, choosing "map network drive" and assigning a drive-letter, S: is the most obvious. This way you will be able to access Sharespace directly from My Computer as if it was a local disc-drive.

Sharespace Permissions

As mentioned in the UNIX-specific article. Windows and UNIX permissions are not 100% compatible. Although Sharespace resets its permissions hourly you may find yourself unable to delete a file from Sharespace on Windows if you put it there on a UNIX workstation. Should this occur secure-shell to frontios.vistua.net, login with your usual credentials and issue the command fixsharespace. PuTTY.exe can help you do this.

If Windows Fails to auto-detect Sharespace.

If Windows fails to auto-detect Sharespace (See Pr016) go to any Windows file manager window and click the breadcrumb. Type the following exactly as shown:

and press enter. If you had previously mapped Sharespace as a network drive as described above your usual My Computer drive icon should continue working. Try this method if it doesn't.

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