XP machine in Networking Folder

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I can connect to my XP machine by opening Dolphin and entering as an address: smb://192.168.2.10 whereupon I can browse and copy et. al. as much as I like…

but

If I try to create a network folder (using the add folder ‘wizard’) it keeps insisting that it cannot find the server. The server name is correct, I tried the ip address as well for the server name and still nada.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Simon

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Mount the remote file system in a local folder (As Root from the terminal)

mkdir /mnt/winpc

mount -t cifs //192.168.0.10/sharename /mnt/winpc

then make a shortcut to the winpc folder on your desktop

ln -s /mnt/winpc /home/yourusername/Desktop

depending on your network setup you may get prompted for the windows username and password.

You can then access the remote file system from your desktop