Share any file or folder on your computer This is the traditional means of sharing content. You generally enable a file, folder, or a disk for sharing. This method gives you control over exactly what can be shared, with whom, and also the level of permissions that will be granted to any who are sharing the particular resource. To set up what kind of changes (if any) others can make to a file or folder, you need to set up sharing permissions. Such permissions can be granted to an individual or to a group of users on the same network. For example, you might allow some people to only view your shared files, while allowing others to both view and edit them.