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# Editing a Shared Folder

Edit a folder to change how information is shared or stored.

| To edit a shared folder

1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
2. On the Tools tab, click Customize HP Media Vault.
3. You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one up. For additional information, see Editing System Settings.
4. On the Shared Folders tab, locate the folder you want to modify and click Edit.
5. The Folder Name cannot be edited.
6. To change a folder name, delete the current folder and create a new one. Deleting a shared folder, deletes that folder and all of the files and subfolders within it.
7. Typing a Comment is optional.
8. Select Public or Private Folder Access.

- Public - Public folders give everyone on your network equal access. However, you can check Protect Shared Folder and create a shared folder password to add some security. With password protection enabled, all network users enter the same password to access the shared folder.
- To browse shared folders from an Internet browser on a computer within your home network or remotely, the public shared folders must be password enabled or the folder must be set to private (see below). For additional information, see To use network addressing to browse. For instance, if you registered MyFamily.hpshare.net for your HP Media Vault, you would use this address to connect to your server using remote access.
- Private - Private shared folders are the default. They are more secure since you create network users on the Users tab and you define "access privileges" for each user for each shared folder. It is recommended that you use private shared folders if you are using remote access since each user is assigned a password, increasing the security level of your Media Vault. For additional information, see Creating a User.

| Note
| If you add a mirrored drive to your HP Media Vault and it is the same size as the system drive, you do not have the option to create non-mirrored shared folders. All folders are mirrored.

9. If the mirrored drive is larger than the system drive, the additional storage space is non-mirrored and can contain non-mirrored shared folders. Once a shared folder is created in the mirrored or non-mirrored disk space, it cannot be moved. The HP Media Vault default shared folders, Backup, Documents, Music, Photos, and Videos, always exist in mirrored disk space on a Media Vault with mirrored drives.
10. Check Enable Media Streaming to share the folder’s contents with a DMA-enabled device or iTunes.
11. Streaming to DMA-enabled Devices. Check this box if you have a Digital Media Adaptor (DMA) and want to stream photos, music, or videos in this folder to your television or stereo. Media streaming looks for files of a certain type—photos, music, or videos—within the specified folder. Therefore, music must be placed in the music folder or a sub-folder of the music folder. Photos must be within the Photos folder. Videos must be in the videos folder.
12. For example, if a .jpg (a photo file format) is placed in the music folder it will not be streamed as a photo. It is ignored since it is not in the photos folder.
13. Streaming to iTunes. You can also check Enable Media Streaming if you are placing music in this folder and want to listen to it using iTunes. Only music files that are not DRM-protected can be streamed to iTunes. Music purchased from the iTunes store or some other online stores cannot be streamed to iTunes from the Media Vault. Likewise, photos or videos cannot be streamed to iTunes, just music files.
14. Click Save.

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