How to share files and folders using the Home Group feature in Windows 8

The Win7 family group function is used in Win8, which allows users to easily share files and folders in the LAN. The setup method is basically the same. Let's take a look at how Win8 uses the family group function to share files and folders.

If you are a technical emperor or you already know how to use the Win7 family, you can drift directly.

First, after the Win+X command menu, open the Control Panel - select the Family Group and Sharing options.

If no one in the LAN has ever created a family group, then we will create one by ourselves, click “Create Family Group> - Next - Next. After the creation is completed, the system will automatically pop up a default home group password, we will write it down!

Now let's use the other computers in the LAN to join the family group, enter the system assigned to the family group. Password;

Select the content you want to share;

After joining the family group, if there are other files that need to be shared, we can right click on the file and select the sharing method according to the specific situation. Yes;

After completion, we can directly click on the “family group” in the left column of the file explorer, so that you can view the files shared by the family members. Hey, you understand!