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Making a Share Public, Deleting a Share, Public, Private, Share Access, Delete

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MANAGING SHARES Making a Share Public If you decide there is no reason to limit access to a private share, convert it to a public share. 1. Select the private share in the Shares list and select the Public option instead of the Private option in the Share Access section of the right panel. 2. Click the Save button. Deleting a Share 1. In the Share List, click the trash can icon to the right of the share's name. WARNING! Deleting a share erases all files and folders on the share. 2. In response to the confirmation message, click the Delete button. Opening a Share You have several options for opening My Book Live's Public share and the private shares to which you have access. To open a private share, you must have: „ A user name and password assigned to your user name „ Read-only or full access to the share IF you want to open a share using . . . WD Quick View in the system tray (Windows), THEN for . . . Public and Private Shares 1. Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon the main menu. to display 2. Click the arrow beside the drive's name, and then click Open. The shares display in Windows Explorer. 3. For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those associated with your user account on the My Book Live dashboard. On Windows XP, for a private share, if the user's name and password are the same as for logging into the computer, a user name and password are not required. If they are not the same, visit http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 5681. MY BOOK LIVE 86 USER MANUAL

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MANAGING SHARES
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MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
Making a Share Public
If you decide there is no reason to limit access to a private share, convert it to a
public share.
1.
Select the private share in the Shares list and select the
Public
option instead of
the
Private
option in the
Share Access
section of the right panel.
2.
Click the
Save
button.
Deleting a Share
1.
In the Share List, click the trash can icon
to the right of the share’s name.
2.
In response to the confirmation message, click the
Delete
button.
Opening a Share
You have several options for opening My Book Live’s Public share and the private
shares to which you have access.
To open a private share, you must have:
A user name and password assigned to your user name
Read-only or full access to the share
WARNING!
Deleting a share erases all files and folders on the share.
IF you want to open a
share using . . .
THEN for . . .
WD Quick View in the
system tray (Windows),
Public and Private Shares
1.
Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon
to display
the main menu.
2.
Click the arrow beside the drive’s name, and then click
Open
. The shares display in Windows Explorer.
3.
For a private share, if prompted for a user name and
password, enter those associated with your user account on
the My Book Live dashboard.
On Windows XP, for a private share, if the user’s name and
password are the same as for logging into the computer, a
user name and password are not required. If they are not the
same,
visit
and see Knowledge Base
Answer ID 5681.