How to Share Folder on Remote PC using Command Prompt in Windows Vista?


Note: You must do these things before proceeding:

• You must be able to access the remote PC i.e. must possess the Administrative rights

• The folder that you want to share must be created beforehand on the remote PC

• This is a basic share technique. You cannot set permissions on the folder using this setting.


To accomplish this follow these steps:

1) Open Command Prompt and type wmic and press Enter key.



Figure 1


2) Now you will be switched to the directory as shown in the above figure

3) Type the following and press Enter key

/node:<computer_name> /user:”<domain>\<user_name>” /password:<password> share call create “”, “<comments>”, “<maximum_ number_of_connections>”, “<share name>”, “<path_to_folder>”, 0

Here the various terms are:

<computer_name> – Name of the computer that will share the folder

<domain> – The network domain in which the computer falls

<user_name> – User name possessing the Administrative rights on the PC

<password> - Password for the above user name

<comments> - Comments if any about the share

<maximum_ number_of_connections> - maximum number of other users that can benefit from this

<share name> - Name of this share (any name)

<path_to_folder> - Local path of the folder to be shared

4) Type Y to confirm and press Enter key

5) The folder will now be shared.